Archive for aesthetics
27 September 2007 at 7.01 pm
· Filed under aesthetics, art, consumerism, creativity/originality
These are some of the guidelines the Budget Gallery operates under:
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We use underutilized public spaces for our exhibitions.
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If work doesn’t sell at the opening, it stays, in public, unguarded, for at least 1 week.
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After the opening the unguarded work is sold on the honor system.
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All art work in our shows will be sold, stolen*, or vandalized** and we can not pre-determine the outcome.
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Our commission is arbitrary, optional, and determined by the artist.
*Having a work stolen is the highest honor of the Budget Gallery because it means someone wanted the work so badly they were willing to abandon personal and societal mores to acquire your piece of art. In our eyes, this may be considered a more valuable compliment to you than a simple monetary transaction.
**We suggest you consider vandalism a form a collaboration.
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23 August 2007 at 10.45 am
· Filed under aesthetics, art, politics, quotations
“I’ve always thought that design can be a form of social activism.”
~ Don Meeker, an environmental graphic designer
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9 August 2007 at 10.43 pm
· Filed under aesthetics, art, creativity/originality, mental health, quotations, wit
“I like David Blaine. It would be a very boring world if someone isn’t allowed to do something stupid every once in a while.”
~ Professor Jeremy Powell-Tuck
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25 July 2007 at 11.35 pm
· Filed under aesthetics, creativity/originality, definitions, wit
I love lamp
Something that is said back to a person who just stated a non sequitur.
Person 1: Where do you want to eat tonight?
Person 2: The number one killer of domestic cats is feline AIDS.
Person 1:…I love lamp.
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3 August 2006 at 12.29 pm
· Filed under aesthetics, art, creativity/originality, education, internet, quotations
“Ugly when compared to pre-existing notions of taste is a bummer. But ugly as a representation of mass experimentation and learning is pretty damn cool.”
~ Ze Frank
[source | transcript]
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28 December 2005 at 11.22 pm
· Filed under aesthetics, art, education, quotations
“Though there may not be much of a difference between an Anselm Kiefer canvas and a dirty wall materially, addressing the distinction formally can be an enlightening cultural experience.”
~ M. Leary
[source]
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