i wrote:
and i add:
to add further to the comparison John makes to
haute retail culture, i have been thinking that
based on that damien hirst shark (and legion-
other things) - that the ideal (museum) catalog
for the discerning (design) shopper would be:
hammacher schlemmer, one of kind excesses at
nose-bleed pricing for conspicuous consumers.
much relates to mindless warhol veneration, imo,
where 'the sale' becomes artistic value justified.
also, it seems that the artist is the anti-artist-
in defeating the ideas of art that transcend base
cultural desires. what is that damien hirst shark,
conceptually, besides decoration and pretension?
(e.g. of icon famous dollar gilded monkey quality).
it is what i would call a harmless aesthetic delight
(had). much of it seems based on pleasing visual art
and imagery, like an impressionism of lifestyle and
mindstyles, to reflect, act as mirrors of beliefs,
or some detailing of personal prerogatives. though,
largely, totally, completely, utterly: harmless.
and i add:
to add further to the comparison John makes to
haute retail culture, i have been thinking that
based on that damien hirst shark (and legion-
other things) - that the ideal (museum) catalog
for the discerning (design) shopper would be:
hammacher schlemmer, one of kind excesses at
nose-bleed pricing for conspicuous consumers.
much relates to mindless warhol veneration, imo,
where 'the sale' becomes artistic value justified.