Comments on: Mot du Jour: Diverse http://www.artlurker.com/2008/08/mot-du-jour-diverse/ A Miami based contemporary art newsletter / blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:48:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: swampthing http://www.artlurker.com/2008/08/mot-du-jour-diverse/comment-page-1/#comment-191 swampthing Sat, 16 Aug 2008 13:12:00 +0000 http://www.artlurker.com/?p=331#comment-191 The abundance of formative talent and art ambitions were checked at the door the night of the DASH party. Those young artists just wanted to celebrate with the like-minded. The diversity is real but that night all i saw was one swampy crush of revelers. I got allot of thumbs-up. Undeniable styles in art, such as african carvings, are distinct manifestations of the culture, irrespective of the countless individual artist that contribute to the tradition. Diversity is all you get when there is no apparent tradition of a unified theory/practice to hold the dynamic together. Is it not from formulated schools of thought that illusive originals emerge from ? The abundance of formative talent and art ambitions were checked at the door the night of the DASH party. Those young artists just wanted to celebrate with the like-minded. The diversity is real but that night all i saw was one swampy crush of revelers. I got allot of thumbs-up.

Undeniable styles in art, such as african carvings, are distinct manifestations of the culture, irrespective of the countless individual artist that contribute to the tradition. Diversity is all you get when there is no apparent tradition of a unified theory/practice to hold the dynamic together.
Is it not from formulated schools of thought that illusive originals emerge from ?

]]> By: Richard_haden http://www.artlurker.com/2008/08/mot-du-jour-diverse/comment-page-1/#comment-187 Richard_haden Sat, 16 Aug 2008 06:33:24 +0000 http://www.artlurker.com/?p=331#comment-187 If art is not critical of itself (historically) i.e. referencing or if art is not critical of society; politics, capitalism, consumerism and so on then it's mere formal decoration (Jugenstill). I like a bit of intention and authenticity as well as a lot of visual noise...Like trying to transcend the commodification of art...an antithesis or an unequivocal counter to the anesthetic of typical expectation. To provoke is not new but it is fresh when it happens. Richard Haden If art is not critical of itself (historically) i.e. referencing or if art is not critical of society; politics, capitalism, consumerism and so on then it’s mere formal decoration (Jugenstill). I like a bit of intention and authenticity as well as a lot of visual noise…Like trying to transcend the commodification of art…an antithesis or an unequivocal counter to the anesthetic of typical expectation.

To provoke is not new but it is fresh when it happens.

Richard Haden

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