Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/09

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Subject: Re: [Leica] #$@%$^ art photographers
From: Jim Hemenway <Jim@hemenway.com>
Date: Tue, 09 Dec 2003 19:47:28 -0500
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Daniel:

The only thing wrong with it is that there is then no encouragement for 
any new art concepts.

Jim


 > It _does_ mean that artists have to produce works that people
 > want. I really don't see anything wrong with that.




Daniel Ridings wrote:

>>There is art, and there is the business of art.  If the public is
>>stupid enough to pay for the art, don't blame only the artist.
>>And I don't think artists would treat you as ignorant Philistine
>>just because you don't like their art.  Just don't put down something
>>you don't understand.  You put them down, or they think you might put
>>them down, and they'll treat you as ignorant Philistine.
> 
> 
> As an aside ... Denmark has come upon a wonderful system for supporting
> the arts. They used to pay a subsidy to artists so they could get by. You
> can guess that such a system can get out of hand and is prone to cronyism
> (who is to say who is an artist who needs to be supported?)
> 
> So they replaced it with tax deductions for businesses who _buy_ art from
> artists. This incentive makes businesses positive to the idea of buying
> art (they can deduct the outlay) and since the artist is making money, the
> government doesn't have to hassle with grants.
> 
> It _does_ mean that artists have to produce works that people want. I
> really don't see anything wrong with that.
> 
> Daniel



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