Date: Mon, 17 May 1999 08:19:19 -0400
Subject: Re: No kidding


Yeah... imitators but what about the early masters of the form?  Where they
ever cataloged and exhibited formally?  I don't think so.  Black velvet
painting was one of those art forms that slid under the awareness or was
blocked from recognition by the academic community and critics.  Something
strange happened in the modern conservatories, they became close minded and as
strict as the academies of the 19th century yet still clung to the idea that
they were actually "liberal".  I can remember being a child holding my father's
hand and seeing atmospheric paintings on velvet that were astounding (to my
childish eyes)... today I am reminded of them when looking at those
electrically wired prints with lights at the shopping mall.  A strange
attractor comes over me and I am reduced to feeling both irritated and amazed.

Thivai4062-AT-aol.com wrote:

> Or go to the closest mexican border town---like Tijuana---where they still
> sell these black velvet paintings by the thousands.
>
> Thivai



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