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   [Date]: Sat, 06 Nov 1999 11:14:38 -0600
   [From]: "Juan JosŽ D’az Infante" <jdiazinfante@altamiracave.com>
     [To]: Cultural Exchange via Internet <forum1@hkw.kbx.de>
[Subject]: Re: [forum1] Re: discussion about sensation, NY

Hi all


I would like to comment on the "test of time" theory. Personally, it is a cop
out. For me the fact that Rembrandt is dead is exactly that. It is a lot
more honest to say "I do not understand Art, but I understand Art History"
than to apply the test of time as an answer to evaluate quality.

Quality unfortunately is not a democratic proposal. The finer the
codification the harder it is to recognize it. It is a type of elistism,
definitely different from racism or classism. It is a conversation for that
person that  knows the codes and the satisfaction of knowing how to read
them. (There is a satisfaction of the apparent intellectualism which would
be the one that would be applied for the apparent "art-mass"  and the common
places)

It is very important to know why an artist becomes an artist and the
definition of the poiesis. As Umberto Eco says "Art is about the study of
the individual poetics". Unfortunately the individual poetics are dead if
the artist is dead and to only know his left overs is a very poor experience

"Es m‡s importante la Imaginaci—n que el conocimiento"
Albert Einstein

Juan JosŽ D’az Infante
www.altamiracave.com
jdiazinfante@altamiracave.com