msitaraman Posted May 29, 2004 Share Posted May 29, 2004 A very thought provoking <a href=http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4935334-103390,00.html> essay</a> on the impermanence of art, and ruminations on the meaning of the fire that consumed a large quantity of modern art in a warehouse fire, this week, in London. <br><p> From the UK newspaper, The Guardian.<br><p> http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4935334-103390,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beeman458 Posted May 29, 2004 Share Posted May 29, 2004 Interesting read. Thanks for sharing:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hendrik Posted May 29, 2004 Share Posted May 29, 2004 This is why as much art as possible should be created. All will not survive, but some will. Giving those that come after us a view of how our world, as viewed through our eyes, and in our medium. In the Kalahari desert there are a few places where cave paintings have survived for as long as the paintings in the valey of the kings in Luxor have been in existence. These remaining objects of art give us the only view of how the people that were, observed the world. We all have the task to do the same. May some examples of what we did, survive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h._p. Posted May 29, 2004 Share Posted May 29, 2004 As Shelley so neatly put it... I met a traveler from an antique land Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read, Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed, And on the pedestal these words appear: "My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings: Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted May 29, 2004 Share Posted May 29, 2004 As Shelley so neatly put it... So you have read Shelly...very good. Can't help thinking it would have been more interesting how Harvey would have put it. Most of us have read Shelley, how many have read Harvey. Maybe he feels he has so little to offer. Just not worthy. Best stick to Shelly, or whoever. There's a thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted May 29, 2004 Share Posted May 29, 2004 Look upon my works, ye Mighty, and despair!" No, don't feel any despair, sorry mate. Wish i could oblige My thoughts. A bloke who has established himself on a mountain Well, he has no work to do A bloke should be in the market-place While working with reality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mark__5 Posted May 29, 2004 Share Posted May 29, 2004 There once was a man from Kentucky......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h._p. Posted May 30, 2004 Share Posted May 30, 2004 Come on, Allen, old Percy got there first and said it best. Sometimes you just gotta quote what you've gotta quote.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
samuel_dilworth Posted May 30, 2004 Share Posted May 30, 2004 <p>Predictably, the tabloids here in the UK had a huge laugh about the destruction of £50 million of modern art (mostly Britart pieces). I was a bit disappointed to see that Tracey Emin reacted to this by going on the BBC programme Breakfast with Frost this morning to complain about the British public. A choice quote: "It is just not fair and it's not funny and it's not polite and it's bad manners." Indeed.</p> <p><a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/kent/3761851.stm">Here</a> is a brief BBC article complete with a video clip of Ms Emin on this morning's Breakfast with Frost.</p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchitra Posted May 31, 2004 Share Posted May 31, 2004 Time gone missing In the pain of realization Soul swept aside in the wake of daylight Each day dawns and ends again In the frenzy of pain A pain your body doesn�t sense anymore but your soul fights to free A mark of solemn silence amidst the cry of humanity Each face becomes the reflection of another Each thought, a thought of another Each soul burnt by the flesh of lies Where Art no longer sees the day of light Where history is written in the captive�s blood Soon to dry and leave no Mark In the end thats all art ever come down to It stops living the when the audience leave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_s Posted June 1, 2004 Share Posted June 1, 2004 <A HREF="http://www.private-eye.co.uk/content/showitem.cfm/issue.1107/section.pseuds">*</A> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billangel Posted June 2, 2004 Share Posted June 2, 2004 The periodic destruction of art is, historically, most likely the norm rather than the exception. For example, how much art was destroyed by the firebombing of Dresden, Germany? Or the atomic bombs dropped on Japan? Now that we live in the age of the computer photographers at least have the option of copying their collected works onto CD's and disbursing the CD's to a variety of locales. It is also worth noting that some photographers have chosen to deliberately destroy their own work, i.e. destroy or deface their own negatives so additional prints could not be made from them. Doing this was supposed to enhance the monetary value of the prints that they had made during their lifetimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allen Herbert Posted June 5, 2004 Share Posted June 5, 2004 old Percy You might dwell on your old percy; those misty memory years...others move on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob_lazzarini Posted June 11, 2004 Share Posted June 11, 2004 Mani,<br>Thanks for the link.<p> Suchitra,<br>Interesting little poem.<br>From where does it originate?<br>Thanks!<p> Bill,<br>I remember reading that Brett(?) Weston destroyed his negatives because he didn't want others to create their own print interpretations.<p> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daniel_smith6 Posted June 18, 2004 Share Posted June 18, 2004 "It is also worth noting that some photographers have chosen to deliberately destroy their own work, i.e. destroy or deface their own negatives so additional prints could not be made from them. Doing this was supposed to enhance the monetary value of the prints that they had made during their lifetimes." Monetary gain was not the idea behind Brett Weston destroying negatives before he passed on. He did not feel others could or would print as he did. It was HIS work, not the interpretation of someone else and certainly not a reaction to the marketplace pricing schemes. While some may do this in an attempt to force up prices it will often have the pleasant effect of removing from the marketplace boring photos the world can well do without. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suchitra Posted June 23, 2004 Share Posted June 23, 2004 Hey Bob .....the interesting poem was authored by me ....suprising yet true !! http://www.writing.com/main/view_item/item_id/848637 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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