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Landsat "Earth As Art" Images
U.S. Geological Survey Landsat Program ^

Posted on 07/24/2002 11:24:47 AM PDT by cogitator

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To: macamadamia
Its all marketing, sometimes offensive sometimes palatable, but where’s the scam?

It's a scam in this way. You can't make money as a "regular" artist, so you come up with a schtick and hope that a speculative bubble develops. I was reading an article somewhere recently where the author recommended dumping your "modern art" because the bubble is about to break.

I'm an illustrator by trade and not by training. I skipped "art school" because, well, it was the 70s. And I'm glad that I did. To me, the "modern art" phenomenon is in the same precarious position as other 20th century oddities such as Marxism, Freudianism and Darwinism. Two down and two to go.

I do like some "modern art" like some of Dali's work and some modern realists. I even like impressionism and other related movements. But Picasso, Pollock and Rothko? Forget it.

21 posted on 07/25/2002 11:57:38 AM PDT by Aquinasfan
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