Whatthe opened this issue on Oct 30, 2002 ยท 131 posts
Mosca posted Wed, 30 October 2002 at 6:52 PM
Storm-- Art is about what you say, and how you say it. I think lots of folks here have the "how" part down, at least within the narrow confines of the prevailing semi-realist, comic-book-cover aesthetic; it's the "what" that we seem to have trouble with sometimes--all those look-alike images flooding the galleries. There's also a disturbing tendency in the forums for people to reject any art that's happened since about 1880 because it's weird or non-representational or difficult, which means that we're doomed to spend eternity paging through hundreds and hundreds of nearly identical, pre-imagined Vic-a-likes in the galleries. My personal wish for R'osity is that we all try to think about the "what" part at least as much as we think about the "how" part--but the "how" is ultimately easier and more like instant gratification (push the button and "art" comes out!), so I'm not holding my breath.