[Leica] You say potato . . .

[Jim Nichols]

:-) :-)

Jim Nichols
Tullahoma, TN USA

On 1/27/2016 7:07 AM, Douglas Barry wrote:
> 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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