Date: Sun, 13 Jul 1997 21:58:40 -0400 From: ostrow-AT-is2.nyu.edu (Ostrow/Kaneda) Subject: Re: endowment As has been pointed out numerous times; Art is socially and politically multi-dimensional as is the propogation of any aesthetic -- it need not be literally a protest art, to engage such discourses in most cases the most effective political art has not been so. Those artist who like Che engage in volunteerism tend not to suceed because they have not learned what needs to be done, but instead built on a tradition that is often detached and out moded, they preach, whine or self satisfyingly declare a position of moral superiority. Will what is that you want art to do? and is art the best way to do it? and from what position within what community and to whom do you wish it to objectify or speak to? Che was an adventurer and while he cuts a romantic figure -- he served his cuse better as a martyr than as a leader. --- from list avant-garde-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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