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8-) … nothing further need be said. (Oh, it's "Andy Goldsworthy" and he's an OBE. He does share his work in more conventional means, too, besides the photographs of his less logistically-challenging ones! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Goldsworthy) Best, Dennis http://soundcloud.com/usrsbin http://audiozoloft.com http://usrslashsbin.angrek.com/ On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 1:32 PM, mark francombe <mark@markfrancombe.com> wrote: > My god you people have got it all lop-sided! > > I saw this "violinist in the subway" link months ago, (it seems to be a > re-emerging meme) I couldnt see what the fuss was all about. The piece > was > obviously written from a " Oh what has the world come to??" second rate > rag > standpoint. (like the biggest selling newspaper here in Norway, one day > its > "Posh Spice in fat ass shock" the next its "Rape wave in Norway" the next > its "Norway best place in the world.. Official!" ) UGH! > > I couldn't help but see this from 2 points of view... > > 1. Violin? Who knows or likes anything about a violin? I mean their nice > and > 'all, but if J Zee or whatever his name is, had been rapping in the > metro.. > now THAT might have stopped a few folk, the 10,000 people who all paid > for a > ticket to see him, well they KNEW all about him didnt they...? > The level of street performers is generally excellent, if you go to > Covent > Garden in London or Pompideu center in Paris (and occasionally in > Egertoget > in Oslo), you will see many many world class musicians and performers. > (Why > are there no knife jugglers performing at Carnegie Hall is what I would > like > to know!) Generally the level of Art we see all around us is very very > very > high! And frankely I wouldnt be sure that Joshua Bell is anywhere near as > talented as the one string blues guitarist drunk guy that lives under a > bridge near me.. (yes in Norway at -11 degrees). > In England we say "its Horses for Courses" I've never know quite why we > say > it, but we say it at moments like this. > > 2.Art? OMG... Do I have to explain art now? > OK, for the last time... there is no such thing as good Art and Bad > Art... > there is just lucrative art and non-lucrative Art. > Now there ARE talented painters and genius film-makers, and oh so > wonderful > wonderful musicians, but the Art that they make.. is subjective... thats > not the same thing as context. Context suggests that, placed in the right > time at the right place, a "Good bit of Art" will be heralded rightly as > " a > good bit of Art". That some how "truth will out!" > That is unfortunately not so. > There are many many many many more GREAT artists, than ever become known > as > such. And the reason for that, is that there exists a business called > "The > Art Business" that likes it that way. If everyone was equally famous, > then > there would be no "supply and demand" for the Art dealers to trade their > commodities in. Dont worry, Im NOT slamming them, I love Art galleries, > I'm > lazy, I LIKE to be told what is selling at the moment, it is after all... > interesting. and I often see things I LOVE... I LOVE Gilbert and George, > I > love Joseph Beuys, I love Frida Kahlo. It great to be told that Joshua > Ball > is a great violinist, I didnt know that, now I do! And as someone > mentioned > correctly earlier in this thread, I wouldnt KNOW he was great, if he hit > me > over the head with his Strad... Well actually then I might take note... > Back to context. Artists, especially conceptual artists have been > investigating this very idea / problem, whatever it is, for decades. Karl > Andre made huge headlines in Britain because the Tate Gallery bought his > "pile of bricks". He was playing with exactly that, what is Art, are > bricks > Art on a building site?, what if we put them in a gallery? Is it Art now? > Also... Goldsworthy (sorry forgot name, could google but on a roll, you > do > it...) Yes Goldsworthy, he walks off into the wilderness, and makes > beautiful arrangements of stones, in strange circles, or sews leaves > together in complex tapestries, or builds tentative teetering Ice > arches, NO > ONE will EVER see them, but him.. except... wait for it... wait for > it... He > photographs them, and publishes them in very expensive coffee table > books. > Again.. whats the Art? The 500 living yellow ladybirds he has collected > and > arranged in a perfect square, for a few seconds, OR the photograph? > > I have been to rock concerts where I have been so bored, I felt like I > was > walking past, and then again, Ive heard interesting pinging noises on > telphone wires and stopped to listen for a while, if they had hats, I'd > put > money in! > > There is Art and music around us all the time, beauty and wonder in every > blink of the eye, I don't think there's much to be surprised about, if we > walk past some of it.. do you? > > > -- > Mark Francombe > www.markfrancombe.com > www.ordoabkhao.com > http://vimeo.com/user825094 > http://www.looop.no > twitter @markfrancombe > http://www.flickr.com/photos/24478662@N00/ >