Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/04/12
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]As they say in Bahston: That's not aht, that's mahketing. --Peter On Sunday, April 12, 2015, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote: > 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 <javascript:;>> > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >