Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2016/01/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]:-) :-) 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. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >