On 2012-08-11 12:31:48 -0700, Robert Coe said:

On Sat, 11 Aug 2012 10:56:06 -0700, Savageduck
wrote:
: On 2012-08-11 10:15:53 -0700, PeterN said:
:
: I may not think of Jackson Pollack's work as art, but others do.
:
: It's not what you think, it's how you feel. The moment you start
: feeling and opining that the Pollock work is garbage and not worthy of
: being declared art, you have established a personal opinion,
: intellectual response, and judgement of the work, elevating it to the
: level of a work of art. So just being moved to have that opinion of it,
: defines it as art whether you like it or not.
: If only you had just kept your opinion to yourself, and when asked
: about the Pollock work just replied "What painting"? "Who"? which would
: firmly establish an indifference to it.
:
: Personally when I have stood in front of a Pollock and looked at it
: closely, I have no doubt that it is art.
: ...but that is my opinion.
: Here is Pollock #2 at the Munson, Williams, Procter Art Institute, Utica, NY.
: http://db.tt/mGlp4k9k

Maybe it's just me, but I don't think that piece is helped by the background
on which they displayed it.

Bob

I have to agree.
When I first saw this work, in the same gallery in 1973, it was mounted
on a flat white wall. I was surprised to see it moved to the paneled
wall when I took the shot in 2005.
That said the "Munstertute" or The Munson, Williams, Procter, Art
Institute is well worth a visit if you find yourself in UpState NY,
between on the NY State ThruWay (I-90) between Albany and Syracuse, or
on a drive out of the Adirondacks or Thousand Islands area on NY-12
which would take you into Utica, the rust focal point of NY on the Erie
canal.
http://www.mwpai.org/

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Regards,

Savageduck