tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379518858474986857.post4054939058085050946..comments2024-01-27T00:42:48.097-08:00Comments on Renaissance Oaf: Toward Pretensionism 3Sean Cravenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13763869499494698057noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379518858474986857.post-85958357932656110062009-11-06T18:45:29.987-08:002009-11-06T18:45:29.987-08:00Great post!
I agree with the difference in art fo...Great post!<br /><br />I agree with the difference in art for the classes.<br /><br />As for the modern art of using real life objects, I dismiss it as well. Piling garbage and butter... how does this require any skill or craftsmanship. Anyone could do that. The difference is that most of us haven't spent out lives conning rich people into believing we have some sort of artistic genious.<br /><br />I'm right there with you on hating art galleries too ;)Weapon of Mass Imaginationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09658724023825248910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379518858474986857.post-17344443208158479692009-11-05T20:28:24.317-08:002009-11-05T20:28:24.317-08:00Hm. I'm certainly capable of it. But I think c...Hm. I'm certainly capable of it. But I think consciously striving to be more pretentious is too ... pretentious? Oh wait.CoreKnellhttp://chris.coreknell.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379518858474986857.post-25396270589172998122009-11-05T20:27:16.795-08:002009-11-05T20:27:16.795-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15557631536153242776noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379518858474986857.post-27161727779722522712009-11-05T17:44:50.206-08:002009-11-05T17:44:50.206-08:00Eighty pounds of butter? I could cook a dozen eggs...Eighty pounds of butter? I could cook a dozen eggs with that!robphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12139515613226908345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379518858474986857.post-74446727270999987912009-11-05T15:10:35.071-08:002009-11-05T15:10:35.071-08:00Hey, Chris!
I'll give that a read as sonn as ...Hey, Chris!<br /><br />I'll give that a read as sonn as I'm able. As I mentioned on Twitter, I'm currently diseased...<br /><br />If you don't mind my saying so, you've got a hell of a lot of culture going for you. Why not be more pretentious?Sean Cravenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13763869499494698057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3379518858474986857.post-21886221055254333092009-11-05T09:41:28.923-08:002009-11-05T09:41:28.923-08:00Sounds right in line with the thoughts of one of m...Sounds right in line with the thoughts of one of my favorite art theorists, Walter Benjamin. Have you read "The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction"? He has some interesting insights into art reproductions, context and reverence of originals, among other things. <br />In fact, here it is online (gotta love the Interwebs): http://www.marxists.org/reference/subject/philosophy/works/ge/benjamin.htmCoreKnellhttp://chris.coreknell.comnoreply@blogger.com