tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post2659856691368508303..comments2023-11-22T01:09:46.040-08:00Comments on myartspace>blog: Art Space Talk: Vito AcconciBrian Skibahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03707398699208090454noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-48392312386627349012008-10-27T13:07:00.000-07:002008-10-27T13:07:00.000-07:00An artist is NOT a collector of titles, trying to ...An artist is NOT a collector of titles, trying to be many small different things, but to create a reflection of reality, of truth, the world we ALL live in. Not just the art world, which is inbred and myopic. Art has been sliced into so many tiny slivers it has beocme meaningless, as art that is great has many layers, that interact, as do the organs and musicle and skelton of the body. It has a Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-41444585682293539902008-04-25T08:19:00.000-07:002008-04-25T08:19:00.000-07:00Certain aspects of Mr. Acconci's practice have a t...Certain aspects of Mr. Acconci's practice have a tumultuous effect on people's thoughts. But Mr. A. does not trouble with these effects -- no time to run around in circles. To practice under the rubric of art, he must concentrate on the thing to do, or on doing some thing, not too much on what it's called. This is required of certain types of artist who wish to succeed. The question of what Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-2711417267847458062008-04-20T14:47:00.000-07:002008-04-20T14:47:00.000-07:00Thanks for your opinion Bob. So do you mean to sug...Thanks for your opinion Bob. So do you mean to suggest that art is only art if the person who creates it or performs it states that he or she is an artist? Must we wear name tags that address this title, label, what have you? I'm a painter. I actually prefer to be called a painter rather than an artist-- does that mean that my paintings are not art? Does that mean people can't call me an artist Balhatainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08812426376810899256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30618809.post-37275092023017194182008-04-19T15:22:00.000-07:002008-04-19T15:22:00.000-07:00So, why are you talking to Vito on an Art Space si...So, why are you talking to Vito on an Art Space site if he is not an artist? If he is not an artist, well, what is he? What has he done that is of use to art? Perhaps it is the fact that any action that does not fit into any other category of "doing" now has a comfortable home in "Art", even if the doer does not wish to hold that classification. <BR/>What then allows someone to make a careerboblloydhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14277476880994942419noreply@blogger.com