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Every wave of teenagers has to discover Dali before moving onto real art, so you might be right... in a...

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Victor Khomenko

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In Reply to: RE: Don't kid yourself, Picasso also was a master at media and critic manipulation. posted by tinear on June 09, 2010 at 11:50:24

...purely commercial sense. It is not likely that the museums will throw out into garbage his pathetic stupid opuses, where they belong.
If they did, what would the teens go "Wow!" over? Rembrandt, maybe? Romney? Yeah, right... but give them that mundane drooping clock and you have bought their heart... for months! :)

Edits: 06/09/10

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Okay, there are many artists I don't particularly like, either, but I don't fail to see both their - tinear 18:05:08 06/09/10 (0)
historical importance (Dali influenced more than one revolutionary filmmaker, i.e. Ray; Bunuel; Artaud; Cocteau) and the absolute quality of their artistry; in Dali's case, superb draftsmanship. He also was instrumental in bringing Freud onto the palette and giving the subconscious a role in painting. No Dali, quite simply, no Arshile Gorky.

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