Digital BW, The Print

> 
> Steadman et al,
> 
> Did you see the story in yesterday's NY Times about the Damien Hirst
> installation?
> He set it all up in the gallery street window for his new show (Martin, I
> think it looked like our studios)....they had the opening reception and that
> night the custodian threw it out...said it looked like garbage...the gallery
> owner was quick to point out that he had only "set it aside" (meaning they
> were able to pull most of it out of the dumpster)...she was quoted as
> stating that it was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars...staff was able
> to put it back together, mostly. Hirst himself thought the whole thing was
> hysterically funny.
> 
> Is art in the eye
> of the beholders or in
> the gallery's dumpster?
> 
> ^  ^
> *  *
> \*/
> 
> t

> From: Carolyn  Frayn <carolyn@...>
> Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 16:35:47 -0600
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] ART-what is it?
> 
> Well I may debate 'what art is??'  but I sure know garbage when I see it...
> and read it... ;-)
> 
> I'm with the cleaning man.  Six figures for that??  maybe he'd like to
> co-sign my house and split the proceeds??
> 
> Carolyn
> 
> PS:  do you dream in Haiku?  Wonderful! :-)
> 
>> 
>> Steadman et al,
>> 
>> Did you see the story in yesterday's NY Times about the Damien Hirst
>> installation?
>> He set it all up in the gallery street window for his new show (Martin, I
>> think it looked like our studios)....they had the opening reception and that
>> night the custodian threw it out...said it looked like garbage...the gallery
>> owner was quick to point out that he had only "set it aside" (meaning they
>> were able to pull most of it out of the dumpster)...she was quoted as
>> stating that it was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars...staff was able
>> to put it back together, mostly. Hirst himself thought the whole thing was
>> hysterically funny.
>> 
>> Is art in the eye
>> of the beholders or in
>> the gallery's dumpster?
>> 
>> ^  ^
>> *  *
>> \*/
>> 
>> t
> 
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> 
> Is it possible
> art reflects society,
> culture and ourselves?
> 
> t
>

> From: "Martin Wesley" <mwesley250@...>
> Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 22:54:58 -0000
> To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: ART-what is it?
> 
> --- In DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@y..., ternahan <ternahan@s...>
> wrote:
>> Steadman et al,
>> 
>> Did you see the story in yesterday's NY Times about the Damien Hirst
>> installation?
>> He set it all up in the gallery street window for his new show
> (Martin, I
>> think it looked like our studios)
> 
> Trish,
> 
> Since I have unknowingly greated my master work can I now coat for
> posterity and retire from this madness?
> 
> 
>> ....they had the opening reception and that
>> night the custodian threw it out...said it looked like
> garbage...the gallery
>> owner was quick to point out that he had only "set it aside"
> (meaning they
>> were able to pull most of it out of the dumpster)...she was quoted
> as
>> stating that it was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars...staff
> was able
>> to put it back together, mostly. Hirst himself thought the whole
> thing was
>> hysterically funny.
> 
> Oh he is missing an oportunity here! He should definately sue for
> damages since it was worth "hundreds of thousands of dollars". <<G>>
> 
> Martin
> 
> (snip)
> 
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> From: Carolyn  Frayn <carolyn@...>
> Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 17:01:47 -0600
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: Re: [Digital BW] ART-what is it?
> 
> No doubt this is why
> some makes me cry, some can offend
> but most is soulful.
> 
> Carolyn
> 
> is this ever supposed to rhyme?? ;-)
> 
> 
>> 
>> Is it possible
>> art reflects society,
>> culture and ourselves?
>> 
>> t
>> 
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> think it looked like our studios)....they had the opening reception and that
> night the custodian threw it out...said it looked like garbage...the gallery
> owner was quick to point out that he had only "set it aside" (meaning they
> were able to pull most of it out of the dumpster)...she was quoted as
> stating that it was worth hundreds of thousands of dollars...staff was able

> From: Dan Culbertson <danculb@...>
> Reply-To: DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com
> Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 21:20:38 -0700
> To: <DigitalBlackandWhiteThePrint@yahoogroups.com>
> Subject: [Digital BW] Re: ART-what is it?
> 
> Hmmm - I think I'm glad I missed this ever-recurring thread.  Personally
> I've moved on from "What is art?" to "What is the meaning of life?" since I
> think that will be an easier question to answer reasonably.
> 
> Dan Culbertson ;-)
> 
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> Discovering the
> meaning of life we find that
> life is art is life.
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>Once saw a show in the Chicago Art Institute many years ago. There were
>about 20 canvases, about 4 square feet each, each one painted solid
>black, no black on black images, just pitch black. No frames. People
>came into the room, looked around for about 4 or 5 seconds and walked out.
>
>Art?
>
>What's that?
>