Date: Mon, 13 Mar 2000 08:38:13 -0800 (PST)
From: { brad brace } <bbrace-AT-ncal.verio.com>
Subject: Re: Re ;-)



On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, Ostrow/Kaneda wrote:

> all Brad has  is a morass of meaningless delusions open to
> manipulation  by expert paranoia.


I know now that I love and respect you Saul Ostrow! 


















		The paradigmatic-shift of the so-called, Second
Renaissance, is sentient. The era of the orthodox career-artist is quickly
drawing to a close, as closeted, behemoth cultural institutions appear
increasingly implausible and incestuous. For many creative people, the
art-object has become an ingredient or inceptive aspect of a larger, open,
often mediated, concern. No longer the exclusive privileged domain of the
traditional alliance of dealer-academic-museum (the curatorial class), art
now regularly escapes these constraints. The archaic practice of
art-object-making serves personal philosophical and nascent purposes; for
myself, it`s an intriguing balance of obsession, critical reflection,
precision and impulsiveness. The physicality of some of my art is a
gratifying counterpoint to my media-oriented and technological projects --
stirring of electrons. Predictably, the critical, avant-garde dialogue
that informed my early creative work has become fractured and depreciated.
Insightful intelligence is now less likely to be dependent on hierarchical
scholasticism. This dethronement of learning can be understood as the most
exciting intellectual frontier we are now crossing. The relevant artist
today is multi-dimensional-- an intradisciplinary generalist, with an
expansive set of skills.
















 

















But wait... is that a broom-stick with your name-on-it?






/:b






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