Posts by DCBCauchi
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Hard News: Presentation and Reality, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
If only we'd grabbed a chance, we wouldn't be sorry for a might-have-been.
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Cracker: Spotted, in reply to BenWilson,
Yeah, I usually get a very hostile reaction whenever I bring the subject up, except with close friends. I get called a snob a lot.
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Cracker: Spotted, in reply to JacksonP,
So there fucking is. Nong that I am.
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Some words about context:
When I started painting, I hadn't gone to art school nor did I show in galleries. I am firmly of the opinion that my paintings were art from the moment I started making them.
To say that they were magically transformed into art when I put them into a gallery or when I finally went to art school strikes me as ridiculous.
So what is the relevant context? I reckon the way I went about making them. The way I arranged their constituent elements. My intentions and my purpose.
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Cracker: Spotted, in reply to JacksonP,
How did you put that picture up? (And I've gone off Twitter.)
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Cracker: Spotted, in reply to Steve Barnes,
They are both Art, just different ends of the spectrum.
My definition proves it.Go for it. I will respond that presenting a child's tantrum as art in the proper context is certainly art, but not because of your definition. It is because of the context.
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Cracker: Spotted, in reply to Rich Lock,
More likely, yes. But ideally it doesn’t have to be that way. Why sneer at Macca’s because you like fine gourmet dining? Or Lady Gaga because you’re into The Pixies? Surely that which you don’t like is simply an irrelevance? No-one forces me to eat, or listen to, either of them.
You are conflating things. Maccas and fine dining are two different food genres. The criteria for a good fast food joint is different from the criteria for a good fine dining restaurant. Likewise with popular music genres. And within a single artist's body of work there are also good and bad works.
Your individual taste in things is entirely up to you. Some people go on about 'good taste' and 'bad taste' but they're usually talking out their arse.
Now, a hierarchy of genres is another thing entirely. I'm quite partial to discussions on that, particularly with my photographer and sculptor friends.
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Cracker: Spotted, in reply to JacksonP,
And as for all these unframed canvases, you’re just stealing the livelihood from our sacred profession.**
If I could frame an entire exhibition I would but I can't so I don't.
Maybe I should take out an advertisement: 'Buy my paintings for the picture framers' sake!'
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Cracker: Spotted, in reply to Steve Barnes,
Ok, but that excludes art not made to achieve an emotional response in the viewer and includes things that are not art.
Classic example of former: A Duchampian readymade.
An example of latter: A child's tantrum.
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Cracker: Spotted, in reply to Steve Barnes,
And a whole lot else besides.