the aesthetic values of George W Bush - what a topic for an essay - thank you for putting the words together my little friend oh dear netizen Ivan ::: >>>

when will we begin to create an anti-dada artistic movement? after all - wasn't it dada that began the 'anti' isms of the 1920s + 30s? or was it futurism? i forget a bit now unfortunately - and i am sure that the 'anti' portion of that | those artforms eventually brought that | those movements to a nihilistic dead-end hault of sorts - but still - why not start up - not an anti-art - but an anti-anti-art? or rather an anti-dada or anti-futurism or anti-flux?

anyone?

Rumsfeld?

much lnv

:: lS :|:



Ivan Pope wrote:

> > Just because I dare say some art is aesthetically "better"
> > than some other art,
>
> It is very brave of you, but it does not make it true.
>
> > Likewise, as an "art" lover, I'm not obliged
> > to defend the artistic sanctity of Tracy Emin's work. Not
> > simply because her work is "bad," but because of the specific
> > way in which it's "bad." It's anti-art that laughs at craft
> > and questions the practice of assigning aesthetic value to
> > artwork in the first place.
>
> Do you mean it's anti-art _because_ it laughs at craft? Can't art
> laugh at
> craft? Can't art question the practice of assigning aesthetic value?
> Isn't
> that part of the job of art?
>
> Or - whose aesthetic value do we want to assign to artwork? Yours? My
> dads?
> George Bush's?
>
> Ivan
>
>
>