Comments on: Examining The Golden Age of the Met http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/10/03/examining-the-golden-age-of-the-met/ As relevant as Eric Fischl. New York art news, reviews and gossip. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:43:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Donald Frazell http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/10/03/examining-the-golden-age-of-the-met/comment-page-1/#comment-104395 Donald Frazell Sat, 04 Oct 2008 00:10:30 +0000 http://www.artfagcity.com/2008/10/03/examining-the-golden-age-of-the-met/#comment-104395 Excellent article. I have thought the same thing for decades now. I remember going to the Met for the second van Gogh show, went three times as I always do to retrospectives of great artists, Gauguin in Chicago and Monet in SF also. Need to go at different times and in different moods. Truly great art will get stronger each time, bad is bad, OK may be interesting once, then wear off. Good art losing some by the third viewing. So keeping prices reasonable for the people is a necessity for art to truly live. Also, when at that show, a incredible viewing of all of Cezannes watercolors was going on in two rooms next door. Three times I viewed it, no more than two people in it each time. And these made VanGoghs look weak. Among the most beautiful works ever created, and no one went. All the publicity, and long lines and ticket prices, for van Gogh took all the publicity. I wrote a very long article on this very subject that ArtNewsBlog posted in July, Imperial Clothing, just google me. The marketing of art has been its downfall, the focus off its true purpose, and on the individual as cash cow to attract crowds, and money from collectors. It says all this with proofs in a much longer form, but without my usual typos. Love your site, The Troll Art Collegia Delenda Est Excellent article. I have thought the same thing for decades now. I remember going to the Met for the second van Gogh show, went three times as I always do to retrospectives of great artists, Gauguin in Chicago and Monet in SF also. Need to go at different times and in different moods. Truly great art will get stronger each time, bad is bad, OK may be interesting once, then wear off. Good art losing some by the third viewing. So keeping prices reasonable for the people is a necessity for art to truly live.

Also, when at that show, a incredible viewing of all of Cezannes watercolors was going on in two rooms next door. Three times I viewed it, no more than two people in it each time. And these made VanGoghs look weak. Among the most beautiful works ever created, and no one went. All the publicity, and long lines and ticket prices, for van Gogh took all the publicity.

I wrote a very long article on this very subject that ArtNewsBlog posted in July, Imperial Clothing, just google me. The marketing of art has been its downfall, the focus off its true purpose, and on the individual as cash cow to attract crowds, and money from collectors. It says all this with proofs in a much longer form, but without my usual typos.

Love your site,
The Troll

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