Maybe, if Hitler HAD been accepted into art school, he wouldn't have become such a murderous monster. Maybe he would have been in Paris painting with the DaDa movement or Surrealist movement. Who knows, but thank God he's dead!!
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 12:49:13 -0600
From: mrkimmosley@xxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: museum collections? (now OT)
To: photoforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Unfortunately, Hitler was not accepted into art school.
On Wed, Jan 26, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Trevor Cunningham <trevor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
when the rhetoric says we can't afford such spending, and the reality has distinct polarity, all i can think is that someone is upset that some wealthy investor isn't in on the deal...gosh, imagine the government makin' a buck or two to try and make the country better or, perhaps, buy a soldier some body armor to help us protect our freedom and energy rights...anyway, the notion that good business should be restricted to the private sector is balderdash
indeed, having the debate about what is right for a nation is important for its growth...but, if we privatize the arts, education, or anything else not nailed down, only a small number of very like-minded people will be able to participate in such a dialogue
gotta stick to the topic...art...hitler was an artist, right?
On 1/26/11 9:09 PM, mark@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Now some things are best to local control. IF a community values a public art museum, and that community values it enough to pay the bills more power to them. But if someone really made 18 bucks for every buck invested, don't you think that's enough that it could support itself? It makes no common sense. Now if the "minks" want to pay for it, companies are willing to sponsor it for the advertising benefit or the improvement in life of the community of which they are a a part great.
It's one thing to have tax dollars to pay for an item with which you don't agree. That happens every where and all the time. You might not think a road, ect insert the item here, is not necessary, and that's part of a republic. You will not agree with everything all the time and that's good. Where I see the big difference is having your tax dollars advocate a point a view with which you do not agree that advocates policy. Having the debate is important. But should tax dollars be used to fund either side of the debate. IMHO No no but *$%# NO. Art is often the debate and that's the problem.
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