Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Looks like smallpox in the sky. I think this is an aspect of modern art, like the stuff that wins the Tate prize every year, which looks contrived to me, and to be sold primarily to interior decorators - a very lucrative market. The present boom in art markets all over the world has really led to this, most secondary art is today produced with a view to sell to grace the walls of the houses of the new rich, who have no idea what they like. There is nothing wrong in this, it is a way to make a living, but it is no different to the guy who makes the furnishings for the same house... If I need to see abstract work, there are much better works available, including original paintings from Asia, which are available at the price of a good print, though that is changing, and changing fast. These are Indian: http://www.saffronart.com/ http://www.apparaoart.com/auctions/sitemap.php Cheers Jayanand On Dec 10, 2007 11:08 PM, Lottermoser George <imagist3@mac.com> wrote: > I would find it very helpful to know what you find "pretentious" > about the "Murmur" series. > thanks, > > Regards, > George Lottermoser > george@imagist.com > www.imagist.com > Picture A Week - www.imagist.com/paw_07 > > > > On Dec 8, 2007, at 8:47 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj wrote: > > > Not my style, I'm afraid - these look extremely pretentious to my > > eyes. > > Cheers > > Jayanand > > > > On Dec 8, 2007 6:43 AM, Philippe Orlent > > <philippe.orlent@pandora.be> wrote: > > > >> Soth is in my bookmarks for some time now. > >> Very high level, indeed. > >> > >> But the best work I've seen since a long while, esp. 'murmur' is > >> here: > >> http://www.richardbarnes.net/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >