[Leica] You say potato . . .

[Douglas Barry]

There was a brief article in the Irish Times yesterday about Mr. Abosch's
oeuvre and the price attained. He said this....
"I see commonalities between humans and potatoes that speak to our
relationship as individuals within a collective species. Generally, the life
of a harvested potato is violent and taken for granted. I use the potato as
a proxy for the ontological study of the human experience."

So that explains the million euro bonding that both buyer and seller
embraced.

As result of the insights gained, I placed my recent purchase of potatoes on
individual silk cushions and am playing soothing music to them. A little
cosseting is the least I could do to make up for the traumas of culinary
violence I've inflicted on the Solanum Tuberosum family over 65 years

My guilt is now assuaged, and my life is now a little more fulfilled :-)

Douglas


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jayanand Govindaraj" <jayanand at gmail.com>
To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org>
Sent: Wednesday, January 27, 2016 4:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Leica] You say potato . . .


> How much do Peppers sell for nowadays? :-)
> I would say that our minds are conditioned to accept a photograph of a
> Pepper as a classic, through decades of artistic indoctrination, but
> equally we consider a photograph of a potato as a travesty. To tell you
> honestly, I can't see the difference in the subject matter, though the
> photographic treatment might be different, and even there, which one is
> better is just personal taste!
> Cheers
> Jayanand
>
> On Tue, Jan 26, 2016 at 4:29 AM, Greg Rubenstein <gcr910 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> . . . Abosch says money. Lots of money.
>>
>>
>> http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/art-and-design/kevin-abosch-sells-photograph-of-potato-for-15-million-20160125-gmd6s4.html
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone.
>>
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