tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post2722532507357506964..comments2024-03-29T03:11:38.607-04:00Comments on Paco Enterprises: Art’s good for you, so pony up, Mr. and Mrs. TaxpayerPacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-69048865357073665442010-03-02T13:25:57.530-05:002010-03-02T13:25:57.530-05:00Which means some lucky folks got some good deals o...Which means some lucky folks got some good deals on really fine art, yes?mojonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-58470109650102918672010-03-01T21:56:08.568-05:002010-03-01T21:56:08.568-05:00I go along with the folks that think that no art s...I go along with the folks that think that no art should be publicly supported but that the merits should be determined in the marketplace. <br /><br />Of course, the markets at the time were not enamored with Van Gogh.SwampWomanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08395051552137680646noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-91703091811079191982010-03-01T20:35:56.992-05:002010-03-01T20:35:56.992-05:00Actually, I meant this guy, and his dissected anim...Actually, I meant <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damien_Hirst" rel="nofollow">this guy</a>, and his dissected animals in formaldehyde. Although, according to his Wiki entry, he's considered to be the richest "artist" in the world, his stuff going at Sotheby's for millions of pounds, so he's probably a bad example.Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-22149275317723770622010-03-01T20:25:26.505-05:002010-03-01T20:25:26.505-05:00I guess you haven't heard about "Bodies -...I guess you haven't heard about "Bodies - The Exhibition" that's been touring the United States. It's the same deal, preserved cadavers with muscles and organs exposed, and it is fascinating (showed at Union Station in Cincinnati not long ago), but I hadn't heard that it was touted as "art". <br /><br />That said, I don't believe art should be funded by taxpayers. If it can't stand on its own merits, or attract the willing attention of a rich patron, then it's probably crap anyway.RebeccaHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15113907852048577121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-20814844184245748592010-03-01T11:45:51.086-05:002010-03-01T11:45:51.086-05:00Aside from his terrific book, 'The Painted Wor...Aside from his terrific book, 'The Painted Word,' Tom Wolfe has an excellent essay on this topic in his collection 'Hooking Up.'richard mcenroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10659450906647134430noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-35777301482232156992010-03-01T11:11:09.962-05:002010-03-01T11:11:09.962-05:00There is a real logical fallacy in the notion that...There is a real logical fallacy in the notion that subsidies will help artists speak truth to power. Subsidies permit the government to speak power to art and help to drown out any unsubsidized truth telling.Fitzroyhttp://www.artsandammo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-69594010526842190882010-03-01T02:38:40.658-05:002010-03-01T02:38:40.658-05:00While Body Works isn't my kind of "art&qu...While Body Works isn't my kind of "art", I suppose that it provides more usefulness than some of the installations that have been promoted as "art. Body Works seems meld science and art. He hasn't just used donated human bodies either. There have been animals such as horses. It's far better than the so-called Gateway to No Ho (North Hollywood, CA). Talk about a waste of the taxpayers money. The poser is definitely well-connected. If you do a search of hideous I'm sure it will come up.<br /><br />Deborah LeighAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-76003537212098646002010-03-01T01:26:56.565-05:002010-03-01T01:26:56.565-05:00I love the gasps of horror when it's suggested...I love the gasps of horror when it's suggested they find a private benefactor. I expect an outbreak of "the vapors" at any moment.<br /><br />Hey, having a <i>patron</i> was good enough for Michelangelo and Leonardo, smart guy...mojonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-21692975523098534152010-02-28T23:26:02.281-05:002010-02-28T23:26:02.281-05:00Alternatively, those same "artists" who ...Alternatively, those same "artists" who can't seem to sell their "art" without a taxpayer funded subsidy could stop whining, admit that they are NOT artists, and go get a job. ANY job. And stop sucking on the public teat.JeffSnoreply@blogger.com