Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2015/11/05
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Well said, Douglas. I could not have put it better myself. --Bob On Thu, Nov 5, 2015 at 6:48 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Bob, do you not realise that six months of any fine arts degree in any > university specifically focuses on ways of portentously mangling the > English > language in new ways to describe an artist's work. > > Part of that period is devoted to muscular flexibility, specifically > honing the skill that manifests itself in the uncanny ability to stick > one's head up one's own arse and declaim fictions flecked with faeces with > a straight, and, indeed, even haughty face. > > In the bios, I particulurly enjoyed "His camera freezes the flow of > everyday life and the movement of people" as this represents that other > skill of the curator - the one that takes a banal, basic, and bleedin' > obvious fact and imbues the sentence that contains it with a faux > reverence. > > Douglas > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Robert Baron" <robertbaron1 at > gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2015 1:06 AM > Subject: [Leica] Another OKCLUG Field Trip > > > Yesterday the officers and members of the OKCLUG went to an exhibit of >> pieces from the Bank of America photograph collection on display at the >> Oklahoma Contemporary Art Foundation ( >> http://oklahomacontemporary.org/exhibits/current-exhibits/shared-space/) >> at >> the State Fairgrounds in Oklahoma City. It was, ahem, educational, >> particularly the Artist Statements. >> >> The Artist Bios are at >> >> http://oklahomacontemporary.org/exhibits/current-exhibits/shared-space/shared-space-artist-bios/ >> >> >> I took this photograph of co-president Ken Carney looking at the only two >> 'silver gelatin' prints on display: >> >> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bob+Baron/W_L4001387c1KenLooks.jpg.html >> >> We did take some interesting shots of the parking lot but they'll have to >> wait to be posted later. >> >> --Bob >> >>