[lbo-talk] "there is a real class divide in the art world between the art workers and the art thinkers"

[joanna]

This division is as old as art itself -- the masterpieces of the 
Renaissance were often constructed in studios where apprentice, 
journeymen, and master artists worked together to 'create' the finished 
piece.

There is nothing wrong with this system so long as the apprentices get 
to be journeymen and the journeymen get to be masters. They say it takes 
a solid ten years to learn any craft. You might as well be productive 
while you're learning.

The problem with the system now is that this upward mobility is 
vanishing. There are still arts that use it, for example ballet, but 
mostly the star system is coming to govern academia and the arts.

Joanna

gboozell at juno.com wrote:


>What part did you find depressing - that many artists don't fabricate
>their own work - or that anonymous assistants do most or the fabrication work (they failed to mention the shitty pay that often
>comes along with the job) - or...?
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>Greg Boozell
>gboozell at juno.com
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>-- John Adams <jadams01 at sprynet.com> wrote:
>This was weirdly, depressingly interesting to read:  
>http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/07/arts/design/07fine.html? 
>_r=1&th=&oref=slogin&emc=th&pagewanted=print
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