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From: seah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (David Seah)
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Subject: Re: POLITICS AND POSTMODERNISM
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Date: 22 Mar 93 18:25:31 GMT
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gheimdal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Georg Heimdal) writes:
>Let me try this one more time.
>[Thomas McEviley lecture impressions]
>After the lecture, I started thinking about the possibilities implied in
>McEvilley's thesis. Maybe the artworld is more connected to the maneuverings
>of world political powers than I had assumed. Sure, I know about socialist
>realism and the Mexican muralists etc., etc. I'm talking about something else
>here. I don't know exactly what it is, that's why I'm throwing it out there to
>readers of artcom.
Conspiracy? Subliminal messages? :-)
Interesting idea you have posed. Could you suggest some possible connections
between world politics and "the artworld"? I'm neither an artist or a
historian, so any illumination would help at this point.
I don't see how Abstract Expressionism could be used as an effective
propaganda tool myself. I suppose one could say that "The Enemy" during
the cold war was abstracted to the populace, but couldn't you say that
about any war?
>Is it merely curious that both ends of the twentieth century are characterized
>by multicultural/multimedia visual art AND political/social turmoil in Russia?
>How many more curious coincidences are there throughout history? Is this
>already a thoroughly explored topic that I've been unaware of?
Is this art the driving force behind poltical/social turmoil, or merely a
reflection of it? Is there something peculiar about mc/mm visual art that
would promote turmoil?
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Dave Seah (seah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, AFCDaveS@xxxxxxx)
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From: seah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (David Seah)
Newsgroups: alt.artcom
Subject: Re: POLITICS AND POSTMODERNISM
Message-ID: <1993Mar22.182531.18245@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 22 Mar 93 18:25:31 GMT
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In article <9303221606.AA03115@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
gheimdal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Georg Heimdal) writes:
>Let me try this one more time.
>[Thomas McEviley lecture impressions]
>After the lecture, I started thinking about the possibilities implied in
>McEvilley's thesis. Maybe the artworld is more connected to the maneuverings
>of world political powers than I had assumed. Sure, I know about socialist
>realism and the Mexican muralists etc., etc. I'm talking about something else
>here. I don't know exactly what it is, that's why I'm throwing it out there to
>readers of artcom.
Conspiracy? Subliminal messages? :-)
Interesting idea you have posed. Could you suggest some possible connections
between world politics and "the artworld"? I'm neither an artist or a
historian, so any illumination would help at this point.
I don't see how Abstract Expressionism could be used as an effective
propaganda tool myself. I suppose one could say that "The Enemy" during
the cold war was abstracted to the populace, but couldn't you say that
about any war?
>Is it merely curious that both ends of the twentieth century are characterized
>by multicultural/multimedia visual art AND political/social turmoil in Russia?
>How many more curious coincidences are there throughout history? Is this
>already a thoroughly explored topic that I've been unaware of?
Is this art the driving force behind poltical/social turmoil, or merely a
reflection of it? Is there something peculiar about mc/mm visual art that
would promote turmoil?
--
Dave Seah (seah@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, AFCDaveS@xxxxxxx)