Saturday, October 19, 2002
A book review on William Gaddis looks at "What is Art worth in an age of indifference".
"In an age of mass marketing, art degenerates into trivial entertainment, and the public is more interested in the artist-as-celebrity than in the art he or she creates. The speaker detects a connection between the increasing complexity of machines and the increasing inanity and coarseness of public taste."
There's a lot more than that in this lucid but strangely disturbing article, including the moral of why it's better to tango. ¶ 10/19/2002 02:19:00 PM
"In an age of mass marketing, art degenerates into trivial entertainment, and the public is more interested in the artist-as-celebrity than in the art he or she creates. The speaker detects a connection between the increasing complexity of machines and the increasing inanity and coarseness of public taste."
There's a lot more than that in this lucid but strangely disturbing article, including the moral of why it's better to tango. ¶ 10/19/2002 02:19:00 PM
