Silent Servants...

Silent Servants...

... of the Used, Abused, and Utterly Screwed Up.

A Secular Franciscan looks at the world...
with a more jaundiced eye than ever...
and lots of ellipses for you to fill in the missing text...
(with thanks to Thomas S. Klise for the title)



Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Conceptual art


Has Conceptual Art Jumped the Shark Tank?

Is this what makes the limited edition prints of various wildlife artists 'art', do you think? It was their concept, but not their work. At least the reproductions aren't. The original art still is, in their case. In the case of Mr. Hirst and others, well...
"Somewhere out there in collectorland is the unlucky guy who will be the last one holding the vacuum cleaner, and wondering why."


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