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Old 5 November 2009, 08:06 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Dan - I love art. Particularly good painting. Call me narrow-minded, however, because I look at a lot of modern stuff and think "you have got to be kidding me!"

Don't get me wrong, not all abstract art is bad, but IMO there is neither craft nor skill involved in something like this. I could go on a long diatribe about how, over the past century, those that control the lion's share of the art market and art institutions have brainwashed the world into thinking abstraction & simplicity = good, realism & skill=bad.

i'll try to stay off of my soapbox, though.
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