Digital BW, The Print

In other words if your art gets to hang over the urinals in the men's
washroom, in the basement, you can consider yourself a "famous" local
artist?  ;-) Just kidding....

Jim Davis
http://www.visual-artists.com
davis.jarthur@...
Fine art printmaker
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steadman Uhlich" <steadmanuhlich@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 12:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Chuckle and historical question


> I agree.
>
> I would much rather have my art hanging over a sofa than in an office
building cubicle or restroom at an office.  The one over the sofa is "lived
with" and obviously enjoyed by the buyer.
>
> Recently I went to a Hospital here and enjoyed seeing some donated art
from local artists hanging in the hallways...to brighten up the otherwise
drab grey/putty walls of the halls....then I had a chuckle when I saw a
"famous" local artist's big painting hanging in a basement mens room over
the urinals....got me chuckling and helped me determine not to donate my art
to that hospital.
>
> Grin  (honest and true tale here).
>
> Steadman
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Tyler Boley
>   To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
>   Sent: Friday, October 05, 2001 11:18 AM
>   Subject: Re: [Digital BW] Chuckle and historical question
>
>
>   --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., "J. Arthur Davis"
<jarthurdavis@e...> wrote:
>   snip...
>   >  defn: "sofa art" Good enough art to hang on the wall until you get
tired of
>   > it then you put it on a yard sale.
>   >
>   > I would also be willing to say most of the art we as individuals
create is
>   > "sofa art," even though we would never to admit it. Our egos just
could not
>   > stand that much honesty.
>
>   Hi Jim, I have a different perspective. I would be honored to have work
hanging in someone's home over their sofa. That
>   means they chose to make it a part of their daily life, a big
compliment. If it fails to hold interest after years daily scrutiny,
>   I'm not gonna beat myself up. We don't admire even the greatest art for
more than a few minutes in a museum, and I don't
>   have near the aspirations those folks did.
>   Tyler
>
>
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