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Here is a question that is bothering me. It is very easy to create pieces that are transient or vulnerable to time and the elements. It is also easy to immediately say things about the vulnerability of mind and matter, under the great sweep of Time. At what point does a piece become not rich and interesting but facile? How do you tell the difference?
Alice Anne Ellis
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10:33 AM
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This is an interesting question, Alice Anne. I think it is different for everybody and transient - as we are different every time we look at something again - or anything anytime. For me, when I am no longer interested in looking at an artwork it is usually one that attracted me initially, but over time there was nothing to keep pulling me in. S l o w art is better, in my opinion... but it doesn't do nearly as well in the marketplace so we are much less likely to see it.
I wasn't familiar with this "slow" term so I've been looking it up. Slow Art Day is Saturday, April 28th! There are events all over, including at VMFA, which involve looking at art in a leisurely fashion.
Art that is truly slow might not even make it into the museum...
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