bThis injecting of agenda has always been somewhat present in art, likely from the beginning of human existence. What's different today is that the demand now is that the agenda replace the art because it's so verrrrrrrrrry important. If you want a close look at the levels of lunacy this has reached in the arts circle, I highly commend the brilliant "Rape Of The Masters" by Robert Kimball. He's a fine art critic and he just disembowels the agenda peddlers and the academic high priests that pimp for them, in that book.
Richard Kimball has an agenda of his own.
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And in case anyone else was wondering, earlier references in the thread are not apparently to the main character in "The Fugitive"
exposes the whole art school scam
I try not to look at photographers work!! It’s too easy to compare and judge myself unfairly. Also I want to do my own work, not copy others. I really think that borrowing other peoples ideas is not healthy. Find your own path, your own voice. Don’t look to others for your trick, you would like to turn. Find it in yourself. Do your own work. Spending time looking at others and wishing longingly “ that I was that good” is a joke!! Don’t do that to yourself. Looking at others is counterproductive. And counter intuitive.
Don’t copy don’t get “ influenced” being a mirror person who copies others is never an authentic moment.
Richard Kimball has an agenda of his own.
Indeed he does. He pursues great art and lets us know about it.
Superficially. Look deeper.
I have read him extensively beyond that book. He is an arts "snob" in the best sense of the word and wants to preserve the integrity of the Western canon. I wholly approve of this.
Your last clue: You are reading horizontally, not more deeply.
In the good old days, the Great Master Artists made pictures just because they loved the color and line. And maybe horses. None of this political context nonsense.
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And out of this very broad spectrum of images, each of us finds different things to admire. That's good, isn't it?
In the good old days, the Great Master Artists made pictures just because they loved the color and line. And maybe horses. None of this political context nonsense.
Don't forget nekkid ladies.Ah yes. And bees. Lots of bees.
That’s rather intriguing, Matt. Have you really no idea why not?I haven't posted a list, because for whatever reason I don't tend to organize my admiration by photographer.
I haven't posted a list, because for whatever reason I don't tend to organize my admiration by photographer.
That’s rather intriguing, Matt. Have you really no idea why not?
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