Digital BW, The Print

I agree, Mike. It is just a different perspective. By not limiting art to
museums and galleries, it becomes more accessible, perhaps less predicitable
and certainly more varied. Remember that in the not too distant past, art
was the major means of communicating (and sometimes the only means) history
and education...illuminated manuscripts, stained glass and bas relief
portrayals of allegories and religious text are one example.
Relative to Inkhaus, the printing press opened more than one door to the
masses. Now we use the internet in much the same way. It all comes down to
this: would you prefer that your work be viewed only by people attending
museums and galleries, or would like it to be seen by everyone? Art is worth
nothing, if it doesn't provoke communication between the viewer and the work
- at a minimum. If the art stimulates discussion and interaction among
viewers and between artists and viewers, so much the better.
Art is not always beautiful, but it is nothing if not seen.
 
On a lighter note remember the poster
"Do women have to be naked to get into the Metropolitan?"

t

> From: mh@...
> Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 14:44:14 -0000
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: ART and LIFE
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., ternahan <ternahan@s...>
> wrote:
>> I would like to make a case for taking art "out of the box" as defined by
>> galleries and museums and schools.
>> 
>> Art can be practiced anywhere, anytime by anyone willing to make the extra
>> effort: to see, to listen, to feel, to give, to paint, to sing, to
>> photograph...
>> 
>> trish
> 
> I don't think anyone here would argue with that, but we can't give
> everyone, everywhere, a spot in our museums.
> 
> two thoughts on the matter:
> Museums themselves offer many programs for the public (kids
> especially) that take this perspective (art is everywhere, etc..)
> 
> Just because a gallery represents Damien Hirst (Gagosian) doesn't
> mean that their perspective of art is any narrower (or broader) than
> ours.
> 
> -mh
> 
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