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   [Date]: Wed, 3 Nov 1999 21:02:38 +0200
   [From]: "PEACE" <ami_iss@netvision.net.il>
     [To]: "Cultural Exchange via Internet" <forum1@hkw.kbx.de>
[Subject]: Re: [forum1] Re: discussion about sensation - art & politics

Hi,
You wrote:
"You condemn art which you have never seen "
I did not see that I condemned any art - did I ?
But of course - most of anything is lousy - that is why the good
stuff gets awards. It is much easier to produce bad art than good.
(likewise bad anything).

You wrote:
" Is it not Guilani who would agree with you most in style and substance."
That is true - Guiliani probably thinks like you. Take that any way you want. I would hardly consider it a compliment if Giuliani agreed with me.

You wrote:
"To say a political statement makes all art bad..."
I did not say that either, did I?  A political statement can affect only
the art with which it is associated - not all art. But to set up a system
that judges art based on politics - as in the USSR or Nazi Germany,
certainly encourages the proliferation of "safe junk." In that sense,
mixing politics with art produces bad art. Read Milan Kundera on
those points if you need persuading.
Gone with the Wind was to my mind a great movie but terrible politics.
Nobody should base their political decisions on th political theses of the author concerning the Old South and slavery. So great art can be bad politics.
A-