Digital BW, The Print

I'm not denigrating academics - I used to lecture in aesthetics! -

Julian
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From: "SKID Photography" <skid@...>
To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Digital BW] ART-what is it?


> Julian Thomas wrote:
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> > Sad isn't it. Art dealers support stuff they can sell, critics write
about
> > things they can write about. None of this has anything to do with the
work,
> > but with the concept behind the work. Arts education (and I used to be
in
> > it) ,for a whole load of reasons that has very little to do with
teachers,
> > is doing a poor job of educating people about art - and very often
people
> > need the help of a dealer to interpret a 'concept'. And there is no
causal
> > link between those who have money to buy art as having the skills to
make a
> > judgement.
>
> Look at it this way:  Academics (those that write about and teach the
history of art) fulfill a function and a
> demand form the less thoughtful.  And that is to 'empiricalize' something
that cannot be quantified.  It *is*
> a conundrum.
>
> Harvey Ferdschneider
> partner, SKID Photography, NYC
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