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art world elitism

Journal Entry: Sat Apr 26, 2008, 12:51 PM
yesterday i was lucky enough to visit the merchandise mart downtown for art chicago 2008's "artropolis" event, which featured 180 international galleries and pieces by thousands of different artists. i wandered and wandered, though in the hours spent there i covered probably half of what was shown. there was a lot of incredible art, and some i didn't so much see the merit of. most of the pieces came with price tags of $500,000-$1.7 million. got a giggle out of that.

it would have been a perfect event had not all but 5% of the people there been infuriating snobs. only 3 gallery owners, out of the 50 or so i passed, lowered themselves to smile or talk to me. i had never heard so many fake accents in my life, though barely anyone spoke or discussed the art they were looking at except for myself and my father, who came with me.

we ended up leaving early just to get away from the overwhelming aura of self-importance, and watched a puppet show outside being given by a guy on a bike (puppetbike.com!).

that show, i think, was my favorite piece of the day.

  • Mood: Egghead
  • Reading: secret life of plants
  • Drinking: coffee

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  • Current Age: 18
  • Current Residence: chicago
  • Interests: art, nature, literature, philosophy, pharmacology, socialism, theoretical physics
  • Favourite movie: bambi, pan's labyrinth, jesus christ superstar
  • Favourite band or musician: billy joel
  • Favourite genre of music: classic rock, psychedelic, salsa, blues, trip-hop, classical, indie
  • Favourite artist: basquiat
  • Favourite poet or writer: Giovanni, Eliot, Neruda, Vonnegut, Stone, Atwood, Ginsberg, Burroughs, Lao Tzu
  • Favourite style or digital art: frescos
  • Operating System: windows XP
  • Skin of choice: yours
  • Favourite game: monopoly
  • Favourite gaming platform: nintendo 64
  • Favourite cartoon character: felix
  • Tools of the Trade: photoshop, graphite, colour-pencil, markers, chalk pastel, oils, acrylic, oekaki

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*LaMeep:iconLaMeep: May 1, 2008, 5:12:16 PM
You have a most wonderful style! I love your stuff.
~AD-K:iconAD-K: Apr 21, 2008, 1:29:28 AM
thank you very much for the fav

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*FaniArgirova:iconFaniArgirova: Apr 11, 2008, 1:06:21 PM
thanks for the fave:)

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=adrivankooten:iconadrivankooten: Apr 8, 2008, 12:09:17 AM
thank you, dearest, for the fav.
~sunflowerfusion:iconsunflowerfusion: Feb 19, 2008, 9:47:33 PM
i'm goooood. =] missed you! what have you been up to? are you still residing in meadows?

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~dearest:icondearest: Feb 19, 2008, 1:51:35 PM
Hey Ellie baby! How are you?

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~sunflowerfusion:iconsunflowerfusion: Feb 17, 2008, 7:46:31 PM
hey catherine. this is ellie (RMHS). :)

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~dearest:icondearest: Dec 22, 2007, 1:57:40 PM
i am now
I AM NOW

woman our timing is just not correctly synchronized :(

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"We want more than a mere photograph of nature. We do not want to paint pretty pictures to be hung on drawing-room walls. We want to create, or at least lay the foundations of, an art that gives something to humanity. An art that arrests and engages..."
~porcupinekisses:iconporcupinekisses: Dec 20, 2007, 12:57:18 AM
you're not on aim nearly enough anymore.
~dearest:icondearest: Nov 28, 2007, 1:56:37 PM
man, that is sweet.
rotfl <3

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"We want more than a mere photograph of nature. We do not want to paint pretty pictures to be hung on drawing-room walls. We want to create, or at least lay the foundations of, an art that gives something to humanity. An art that arrests and engages..."
=riam:iconriam: Nov 27, 2007, 4:06:47 PM
ah, who could resist?
mind you, we're not much better.
bonfire night anybody? let's celebrate the fact that there was a period in england's history when we all just loved to kill catholics, and so we framed guy fawkes for a plot to blow up parliament just so every year we can look at pretty lights in the sky which, by the way, cause more fires, deaths, injuries and scares than they're worth.

hehe.

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=riam:iconriam: Nov 24, 2007, 8:58:29 AM
& to you! although i hadn't realised it was thanksgiving, due to it not being celebrated over here.
how's life for you? <3

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en það besta sem guð hefur skapað
er nýr dagur
=riam:iconriam: Nov 21, 2007, 8:02:36 AM
i miss the memories of you.

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*Evilkitty902:iconEvilkitty902: Nov 8, 2007, 7:31:52 PM
Can't thank you enough for the faves, the watch, and the kind words :heart:
~LostAgness:iconLostAgness: Nov 8, 2007, 7:13:36 PM
Thanks for the comments, your gallery's cool, keep up the good work!
~CatInYourCloset:iconCatInYourCloset: Oct 21, 2007, 6:39:07 PM
8DDDD

Thanks for the watch! :D

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~Stalkuh-xoxo:iconStalkuh-xoxo: Jun 26, 2007, 6:11:38 PM
Hey, this is random, but I was looking through your gallery and I think that your art is A M A Z I N G! Cx

<3

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~MariaHenriques:iconMariaHenriques: May 1, 2007, 5:51:53 AM
Hi!
Thanks for the add**
and congratulations on your art gallery!

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=silverroseblue:iconsilverroseblue: Apr 30, 2007, 1:04:51 PM
HEYHEYHEY

...I know who YOU are xD

*dev watch back*

Thanks so much for the watch!
~Patienceisoverrated:iconPatienceisoverrated: Apr 24, 2007, 3:59:17 PM
hi there miss. i thought i watched you already :(

BUT I CAN FIX THAT!

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~ArtL2000:iconArtL2000: Apr 24, 2007, 4:56:33 AM
Thanks for the fav!