In art as well as in business, a signature has particular importance. The signature is a seal signalling veracity of agreement. By apposing his signature, the signatory assumes responsibility. Whatever the context, a signature presumes, in one way or other, an accomplishment. The signature comes after the final touch. Something unfinished is not signed.
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Entries from June 2008
What does the signature tell us?
June 28th, 2008 · No Comments
Tags: The expert's eye
Are web representations of art to be trusted?
June 25th, 2008 · No Comments
There’s an immense difference in perception of art on-line and in reality.
On-line you are always forced to look at art in a certain way, whereas in a real situation it is you who chose the approaching angle. This is a severe handicap for on-line commerce that some less scrupulous dealers turn to advantage. In […]
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What Art is not
June 24th, 2008 · No Comments
Contrary to what has been proclaimed by most art radicals over the last decades, Art is not just anything. Art is not an instrument for levelling out social hierarchy, a means for expressing individual psychedelic experiences or to promote abstract and muddled ideas. That is, art is not in everyone’s possession, nor is it a […]
Tags: Ideas on Art