[Reader-list] Fwd :François Gautier does it again

[Amitabh Kumar]

"If our education system had taught us how to appreciate good
art, how to read a painting,.."

I think blaming our education system is an argument that borders the trite
and is screeching towards boredom.

Q: Do artists disconnect from people/masses or is it vice versa? What is
this disconnect and how can it be cured by 'spreading awareness'?

 If Hussain's work instigates any reaction in a person ( be it of anger,
enjoyment, fear, condescension... ) I think perhaps a way to engage with it
would be to actually go and find out what is causing that reaction. There is
little that can be achieved by way's of trying to 'educate' the 'masses'
about contemporary art.
And  to the best of my knowledge,this effort has already been once made when
in the 80's the mayor of Bombay had publicly displayed the works of Hussain
and other distinguished artists out in the open. The artists would engage
with the 'common man' and the work would be discussed.
Once again, the source of this information might be a rumor.

 I, personally, am not a huge fan Hussain's work and that has got nothing to
do with him painting a nude goddess or which religion or creed he belongs to
or how much his work sells or the feeling of being betrayed by his '
disconnected'-ness. It's an opinion that is informed by my aesthetic
sensibilities. And what my notion of a good thought provoking work is.

Have all the provacation associated with Hussain's come from within the work
or from sources outside ?
Sadly, all the provocation associated with Hussain's work comes from outside
of it.




On 6/15/07, S Fatima < sadiafwahidi at yahoo.co.in> wrote:
>
> Well, I mentioned about the education system and the
> elitism - that's the answer. As long as Husain
> continues to paint for the drawing rooms of the
> billionares, he will continue to hide in London. If
> some of our artists could go to the schools holding
> workshops - even in RSS shakhas - to explain why they
> paint what they paint, wouldn't that make a
> difference.
> You need to come down from your pedestal to bring any
> change. You can't sit in the ivory towers and blame
> the poor.
>
>
> --- Jeebesh Bagchi < jeebesh at sarai.net> wrote:
>
> >
> > On 15-Jun-07, at 12:37 PM, S Fatima wrote:
> >
> > > because they can't come to the street
> > > to explian why they wrote or painted what they
> > did.
> >
> > And how are we suppose to achieve this? Any ideas?
> >
> >
>
>
>
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