At 12:38 PM 12/9/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Alan, > >I agree, it is not easy to do what was suggested on 60 minutes, and frankly >I have no problem with the idea of tracing like the show suggested. I have >studied Astronomy and it's history. For me, the evidence was pretty strong. > >It also reminded of me another 60 minutes episode where they highlighted >some guy who does not actually do the work himself. He hires painters to >create work he then signs and sells. $30,000 for one piece. His manager even >cut one of this artist's (??) own pieces he did himself. Cut it to destroy >it. Had it reached the market it would have devalued the artist"s other >work. > >There is no longer a definition of art, except maybe in the eye of the >beholder. > >Take care, >Gregory david Stempel >FIREFRAMEi m a g i n g > > > Gregory, You must be refering to the shopping mall wonder, Kincade, "The Painter of Light." It's one of the few times I've felt sorry for a 60 Minutes reporter - Morley Safer, who knows a bit about art, was gagging the whole time! If Kincade can make zillions then real art isn't in the eye of the beholder. AZ Build a Lookaround! The Lookaround Book. http://www.panoramacamera.us
