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[David Morris]

"Fundament"

I like that word. Bananas might grow there, in that rot.

David Morris

On Thursday, August 20, 2015, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:

> I know, but I guess I do see a lot of people claiming that he's this
> really deep thinker whose art asks difficult questions. I get
> similarly disappointed when people enthuse about Alain de Botton and
> to an extent Ai Weiwei (who is a fascinating figure politically but
> whose art I just don't get hot about). Warhol's work raised
> challenging issues around consumption and art and post-industrialism
> and authenticity and all this stuff that makes a lot of artists today
> seem like cover bands. I don't begrudge them that I suppose and you
> need the mass of more ordinary artists to form the fundament from
> which real great stuff (and really funky shit) can emerge.
>
> On Fri, Aug 21, 2015 at 11:37 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> > No one ever accused Banksy of depth or nuance. He is a provocateur at
> best.
> > Why disparage that? Overrated and overpriced art has been the norm ever
> > since Warhol's Pop Revolution. Concept/editorialist art still rules the
> day,
> > like it or not.
> >
> > David Morris
> >
> >
> > On Thursday, August 20, 2015, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com
> <javascript:;>> wrote:
> >>
> >> ...which I thought was an online joke after that last email but is
> >> apparently real.
> >>
> >> Dismaland: inside Banksy’s dystopian playground
> >>
> >> It's an art project initiated by Banksy with ~50 collaborators from
> >> around the world.
> >>
> >> Unfortunately the video makes a fair bit of it look as nuanced and
> >> sophisticated as an undergraduate comedy revue.
> >>
> >> FWIW I think Banksy's work is outrageously overrated too.
> >> -
> >> Pynchon-l / http://www.waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l
>
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