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Questions posed by
Roberta Smith in the
New York Times
of Jan. 13, 2006:
“‘What is art?’ may be the
art world’s most relentlessly asked
question. But a more pertinent one
right now is, ‘What is an art gallery?'”
— from “Who Needs a
White Cube These Days?“
An example that may help:
London’s White Cube gallery
and its current Liza Lou exhibit,
which is said to convey
“a palpable sense of use,
damage, lost time, lost lives.”
See the previous entry for details.
On the brighter side, we have
“Midnight in the Garden
of Good and Evil”
soundtrack CD—
“Accentuate the positive”–
and an entry from last Christmas:
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Compare and contrast:
(Click on pictures
for details.)
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“Recollect what I have said to you,
that this world is a comedy
to those who think,
a tragedy to those who feel.
This is the quint-essence of all
I have learnt in fifty years!”
— Horace Walpole,
letter to Horace Mann,
5 March, 1772