tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206373238418288113.post2972849015705329825..comments2023-08-19T10:04:08.922+01:00Comments on Thought • Art • Representation: "Balancing Craft with Thought"Jim Hamlynhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16488331333061422244noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206373238418288113.post-81449138728280177622010-08-23T00:45:09.968+01:002010-08-23T00:45:09.968+01:00Hi Tamsin,
I think this kind of split isn't o...Hi Tamsin,<br /><br />I think this kind of split isn't only common in academic art circles but ALL circles. It's a form of naïveté made famous by Marree Antoinette, which everyone people in positions of power and influence should be - but rarely is - very wary of.<br /><br />On your 'point' of the point of justification - I'm not sure there is one. Justifications are only needed if we are being judged, in which case we have to ask who's doing the judging and what are their criteria? But if the issue is why all the discussion? then I think we have something very different - no?Jim Hamlynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16488331333061422244noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7206373238418288113.post-7585098880171748982010-08-20T16:25:02.343+01:002010-08-20T16:25:02.343+01:00Very interesting. I love your drawing attention to...Very interesting. I love your drawing attention to the discrepancy between what he says in his 'official' role, ie. when pontificating about things in general, and what he says about his own way of working. Is this kind of split common in academic art circles? <br /><br />Perhaps these are just my own prejudices. I do find myself, though, asking what the POINT is of justifying creation intellectually... On the other hand, I'm reading Phillip Ball on the history of colour (as material) and he reminds me that all these distinctions are relatively recent. I suppose they're just another casualty of the Cartesian bifurcation (just trying to impress you with my complexity jargon here)...Tamsinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10005849693688143703noreply@blogger.com