John Jensen on sat 11 dec 04
Here is the original riddle as posed by Janet Kaiser...............
Which has been voted the single most influential work of art over the =
past
100 years?
An international poll was held amongst artists, dealers, buyers, =
collectors,
just about anyone concerned with The (visual) Arts by Gordons the gin =
makers
and sponsors of a major prize...
Go on... Guess what it was!! No cheating now... Think about it...
CLUES:
The original no longer exists...
It was ceramic...
It came up in conversation recently...
Correct answer tomorrow! :o)
Janet Kaiser
Lili Krakowski on sat 11 dec 04
I do not seem to find the original question.
But if it was what was/is the most influential art of the 20th century, =
I would have to say, how is one to know?
Steve is right. The most influential "creation" was Mickey Mouse. Not =
only the new approach to cartoons--which for many years were shown =
between double feature sessions, but as far as wide-spreadedness. GI =
friends in WWII told that there were sex education/safe sex films the =
military showed men in training that featured Mickey Mouse...Regardless =
of war effort MM became an internatinal figure...What today would be =
called an Icon....
if one wants socio political art, can one doubt the impact of Hines and =
of Young? Of all those ghastly pictures taken in the WWI trenches? Of =
that photo taken in the Depression of the socialite going into a =
nightclub or theatre, and a poor woman watching? Of Kathe Kollwitz? =20
Can one doubt the impact of Bill Mauldin?=20
Can one doubt the impact of films too numerous to mention?
If one means artists who made the big news, the headlines--there are so =
many. Did they influence other artists? Of course!
But they did not influence themselves--they were influenced by 19th =
century artists, who in turn...etc.
Certainly Picasso was a huge influence on other artists, as was Peter =
Max...as was Georgia O'Keefe--and Norman Rockwell, and all the modern =
Japanese print makers....
As for most of us--it may well have been a much older picture that =
somehow precipitated the Aha! Epiphany...
Lili Krakowski
Be of good courage
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