[MD] Tracey Emins take on what is Art

[Ian Glendinning]

Hi KO,

I feel the same way - especially when challenged about the clock, as
you say. She and people like her are easy to knock, harder to
appreciate. I think she's become mature and well rounded - even if not
to everyone's taste.

Ian

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 8:38 AM, kieffer
odigaunt<kieffer.odigaunt at googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hi Lu,
>
> i don't think Tracey was saying that all expression is art either - but
> perhaps all art is expressive. What i understood was that she thought art
> was a deliberate externalization and is dependent on context. I thought her
> response to the question about the clock was both humorous and incisive.
>
> Whether you like or dislike Tracey's art she has managed, by luck or skill
> or both, to get in the public eye and make a life for herself in art. She
> comes over as a serious artist and one who embraces the concomitant bohemian
> lifestyle to boot.
>
> -KO
>
>
>
>
> 2009/8/2 Louise Pryor <bypryordesign at gmail.com>
>
>> I don't get it. Why is that art? I see anger, I see a message, but I don't
>> see Quality - maybe dynamism, it's certainly not static, but I just don't
>> get it. I have anger, and could assault you with my depiction of it on
>> canvas, but when I paint, I try to put out joy, life, vibrance. I don't
>> claim that my art has a message - it doesn't, except to the people for whom
>> it is meant. I can appreciate art that I don't necessarily like - but I
>> guess I just wouldn't call all expression "art".
>>
>> Lu
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