tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14600985.post2088611003440009872..comments2023-11-03T14:59:31.910+00:00Comments on The Growlery: Megabucks and microfractionsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14600985.post-13408382305398978762009-08-01T14:52:13.058+00:002009-08-01T14:52:13.058+00:00As for the Space Program, I think it is crazy to a...As for the Space Program, I think it is crazy to attempt to "put a man on Mars" when, by the time we get there, robotics should have progressed to the point where it becomes trivial. Will we ever colonize Mars? I can't imagine why, other than the sheer thrill of it which would wear off after the first night in a cramped, air locked bunker. There is an excellent travelogue on Siberia in the New Yorker this week. I think making even 1% of that vast area inhabitable would be more productive. (I know, this is strange coming from someone who likes to read science fiction as much as I do.) <br /><br />As for the art market, I don't have much to go on. The only "art" work that my family has is a basalt demitasse set made by Wedgewood that Nancy Wedgewood gave to my mother at her wedding in the 1930's. It is an extremely striking set of utensils (its featured in the MOMA in New York as an example, I believe, of Art Deco). But do we take pride of ownership? I don't think so. We haven't even displayed it.Dr. Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06255898610620668624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14600985.post-13498783679348537402009-07-25T06:55:55.145+00:002009-07-25T06:55:55.145+00:00I agree with you; and it corrupts the whole corpus...I agree with you; and it corrupts the whole corpus of art practice.<br /><br />It was the combination of reading your post and Jim's within minutes, combined with the Apollo 11 anniversary, that sparked me off on the money aspect.Felixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13179787011325615414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14600985.post-73679419706388324642009-07-22T11:04:51.864+00:002009-07-22T11:04:51.864+00:00I like some of your ideas, but I it isn't the ...I like some of your ideas, but I it isn't the money that bothers me about the art market. It's the perversion or subordination of the whole idea/point of art to motivations of ownership. <br /><br />The high-end art market seems to me to be almost entirely about the "I" of exclusive possession/ownership (who's got it an who doesn't) and very little -- or much less -- about the art itself. The collectors seem to care very little about the appreciation of the conveyance of; or sharing of some deep awareness among as many people as wish to be so joined/connected/giving/taking. Art should be about connections, not exclusion. And it should always be about the art, not about who's got it.Julie Heywardhttp://unrealnature.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com