You're far too modest about your capabilities as an art writer. I marvel at how you can turn out coherent, thoughtful essays for this site, as well as reviews for other publications, with such apparent ease and fluidity. To attempt one double spaced page of such writing would take me a month. Jeesh!
This book is a reminder of the importance of the art world beyond what happens in the studio. Art does not exist in a vacuum. We are reminded of great artist’s rescued from obscurity, the importance of museums, collectors and aesthetic assessments always on the march of both the old and new. A refreshing read; well into Part II.
Alas, Franklin, as you surely know, this sort of thing is no longer the thing at all. Or rather, it is, but only for a small remnant who don't care about fashion or politics or "social issues" when it comes to art and are very, very serious about art as such, and see it as a continuum whose points are all valid.
You're far too modest about your capabilities as an art writer. I marvel at how you can turn out coherent, thoughtful essays for this site, as well as reviews for other publications, with such apparent ease and fluidity. To attempt one double spaced page of such writing would take me a month. Jeesh!
This book is a reminder of the importance of the art world beyond what happens in the studio. Art does not exist in a vacuum. We are reminded of great artist’s rescued from obscurity, the importance of museums, collectors and aesthetic assessments always on the march of both the old and new. A refreshing read; well into Part II.
He had me at Lotto. Well, ok, before Lotto.
Alas, Franklin, as you surely know, this sort of thing is no longer the thing at all. Or rather, it is, but only for a small remnant who don't care about fashion or politics or "social issues" when it comes to art and are very, very serious about art as such, and see it as a continuum whose points are all valid.
Jeremiah 23:3