Films/DVD Asylum

Posted by Jeff Starrs (i) on July 27, 2000 at 06:14:23:

In Reply to: Re: Absolutes posted by Victor Khomenko on July 27, 2000 at 05:38:13:

"What if the vote was limited to those with formal art education? Intellectual elite? Junkies?"
Hmm..I guess that if it's limited, you couldn't after connect it to an absolute value. No?
"OK, that is the story again. Subject, in other words, not means"
Hey! What's wrong with a good story? - that's how Shakespeare made his name and I would say that the first artist was a story-teller before he found out he could paint on cave walls!
Before the technique, before the aesthetic, even an abstract painting has to 'tell a good story', otherwise it means nothing. The rest is intellectual analysis.
"No time for it now, anyway, as much as I would love it. Difficult discussion usually, up there with "Who was worse - Stalin or Hitler?"
Completely agree - you, too, have a good day and...thanks!