tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135284651117634504.post6700850338290336457..comments2023-09-23T08:27:07.212-07:00Comments on Prof Zeki's Musings: £60,000 for self reflectionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135284651117634504.post-34798608091852900182014-01-27T23:38:41.079-08:002014-01-27T23:38:41.079-08:00I think it's really unfortunate that what coul...I think it's really unfortunate that what could potentially be an interesting set of conversations about beauty, perception, representation, creativity etc is flattened out by their placement within a purely economic frame. The 'value' of gestures such as blank canvases, lectures about nothing (Cage), choreographies that eschew notions of technique (Yvonne Rainer) have nothing to do with the price they might fetch. Art is not the art market.<br /><br />Also, my own take - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SrRhLQeOQPc<br /><br />:)Conference Reporthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17622873093215344774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135284651117634504.post-37095485258976265702011-11-03T04:14:50.609-07:002011-11-03T04:14:50.609-07:00Thanks, Tijs...I actually agree with you. And, it ...Thanks, Tijs...I actually agree with you. And, it seems, so does the art market. The Bob Law "painting" (empty canvas) was actually left unsold at auction. This may indicate that, crazy though the art market is, it is not crazy enough to consider a non-painting as art.S.Z.https://www.blogger.com/profile/05135219380052959664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135284651117634504.post-49433881990857572472011-11-02T13:58:17.428-07:002011-11-02T13:58:17.428-07:00There is not such thing as a blank canvas as art w...There is not such thing as a blank canvas as art work. Art works can be blank but only if they are filled, as Yves Klein wrote, with consiouness. Monochromes are from al periods and all cultures. Invisable works rather from the sixties and apear in Europe and Japan simultaniously. Dear Semir Zeki, your story about the painter is only interesting if you are interested in market stategy. With art is has noting to do. Tijstijshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04585920227862819610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2135284651117634504.post-14878290712230120432011-10-05T08:20:19.697-07:002011-10-05T08:20:19.697-07:00I am an artist and have often thought about monoto...I am an artist and have often thought about monotone or monochromatic canvases (Ellsworth Kelly's pieces come to mind). A blank canvas is very restful and allows the viewers to use their own imagination to see things that may be in their minds. Our eyes are daily inundated with images that can be visually exhausting. Yet, like you, I don't see the point in paying thousands for something I have on my own wall. <br /><br />Maybe the point of the piece is to recognize the need for our eyes to rest on something like a blank or monochrome canvas. And if someone thinks that's worth paying for, more power to the artist.Lourdeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15195847211053491774noreply@blogger.com