[Leica] More about art

[Tina Manley]

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
>
>
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