[Leica] More about art

[Peter Klein]

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
> >
> >
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