Is Painting Dead?
I was listening to the most recent Pharmakast last night. One of the participants -- I think it was Vonn Sumner -- said that painting is dead, but it doesn't really matter, because painting is alive for him. Most people couldn't care less about art. They don't go to galleries, they don't go to museums, and they wouldn't pay $20 for a painting on eBay. Painting isn't relevant to most people's lives. And yet painting is relevant to me. Painting is what gets me up in the morning, and I can't imagine a life without it. Does it matter that it's not relevant to 99.9% of the population? Perhaps only when it comes to sales! It would be nice to have a larger audience for art, and not to have to store so much of it.
Labels: philosophy
posted by Cassandra at 8:20 AM
2 Comments:
I think painting died before-I remember reading about it. But somehow it keeps showing up all over town anyway.
Yes...I think it died a few times but, you know, the people who collect art (few they many be), still like to get something to take home that installations don't provide.
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