Posted By:
martin dalziel
I think the real irony is all the judgmental stuff that goes on anytime something thats off norm shows up or is outside peoples' comprehension. Take a quick look at what we collect folks. How come it is not considered 'crap' also? Is it merely becuase there are hundreds of likeminded people on this forum?
I'm not saying that people don't have the right to an opinion about whether something is good or not, but when you start lumping people into "so called collectors" categories and try to define "real art" and "real artists" then thats where i get lost. Its all about perspective and defintion.
One of the things I collect is beat up baseball tobacco cards - to someone who doesn't understand collecting or doesn't understand how many of us view these pieces of cardboard, what i own is "crap", are not "real baseball cards" and weren't produced by "real baseball card companies".
Should i be considered an embarrassment to those that collect pristine high end graded cards, because those are considered "real art" and what i collect is not? I don't think so, and i don't think the same judgements can be made about art either.
No real argument here. Just some thoughts.