Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Larry - I think shows like that are perfect examples of the Emporer's New Clothes. Tina On Sun, Apr 12, 2015 at 1:08 PM, Larry Zeitlin via LUG <lug at leica-users.org> wrote: > I know you are sick about hearing me rant about art but I just had > to get this off my chest. > > > I was asked by the editor of the Poughkeepsie newspaper to write a > review of a modern art show at the Garrison Gallery featuring small images > suitable for hanging on a living room wall. This is an important venue. The > annual International Photocentric show is held in this gallery. The big > prizes attract photographers from all over the world. > For once words failed me. For those of you that have been members > of the LUG for a decade can appreciate that this is a rare occurrence. > Forget impressionism, expressionism. colorism, and all the other neo-isms > of recent art, this was the least artistic show that I have ever seen. > There was not a single painting that I would deign to put on my wall. And > I'm pretty liberal about what I consider art. The featured work was a 20 > inch square painting of solid black mounted on foam board in a 26 inch > square frame. The price was $7500. To make matters worse there was an > almost identical painting by another artist priced at a mere $7000. Another > nearby painting was a featureless cream white rectangle. > I shudder to think what the Photocentric show will look like if > the same jurors select the photographs. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Larry+Z/Garrison+Art.jpg.html > For those of you unfamiliar with Garrison, it is a small affluent > town on the banks of the Hudson River about 60 miles upstream of NYC, just > opposite of West Point. The buildings haven't changed for over 100 years. > It is the place where the exterior scenes of "Hello Dolly" were filmed. > Larry Z > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Tina Manley www.tinamanley.com tina-manley.artistwebsites.com http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html