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Quote, “I remember Robert Hughes, the great art critic saying in his wonderful book, The Shock Of The New that the Conceptual Art scene that emerged in the 1960s-1970s was actually good for “Painting”.
Why? Because with everybody else scattering bits of string around gallery floors and calling it “Art”, or covering themselves with butter, rolling themselves in the grass and calling it “Art”, the only people left painting were those, as Hughes put it, “who still actually wanted to paint”.
And paint they did. Hence the big painting revival in the early 1980s. Artists like Julian Schnabel, Francisco Clemente, Basquiat, Keith Haring etc.
I feel similarly about blogs. With new tools like Facebook and Twitter springing up, there’s no need to have a blog unless you really want to, unless you really want to devote that kind of time and effort to it.” says Hugh MacLeod.
I really want to. Thanks for reading and participating in the commentary.
Amen to that.
That’s why I’m still blogging myself. Nobody’s really been reading mine for the past several years, but that’s not why I keep writing. I, plain and simple, enjoy it.
said Daniel
at 1:48pm on Friday
This continues to be one of my favorite stops, so thank you.
said James
at 2:45pm on Friday
Thanks for blogging, you’ve always been at the top of your game.
said Paul
at 2:55pm on Friday
This is THE only site I check consistently and this article is exactly why I dont and never have blogged. I dont want to be the buttered guy in the grass.
said Austen
at 3:32pm on Friday
What an insightful excerpt.
I second Pauls note, you are a daily read for me and this is a place I enjoy frequenting for a number of reasons.
said Luke
at 4:56pm on Friday
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at 5:44pm on Monday