Michael Hermesh
God Picks Winners
Plaster 37.5 H x 13 W x 13 D inches
Disdain for the Disdainful
When we try to control, censor, censure, or destroy artists - we lose. If the arts are ignored, the result is that images and thoughts disappear - they continue. We are not short of aesthetic objects; the shelves are lined with them. Corporate logos such as the culturally neutered Inukshuk abound. Mindless flags, corporate imagery, and self-aggrandizement become high art. We light the void with soulless enthusiasm, there is so much market and so little value. We all live near what has become one of the world's largest art galleries - Walmart. The primary function of art is not to aggrandize, amuse, educate or direct. Art is to be lived. The value is found in a vibrant culture worth living in. The living soul of the "Arts" is provided by the individual artist and not by committees or by the corporations. Aesthetics will never go away - but the may become obscene. The Penticton Art Gallery's 2010 Legacies Exhibition will Open January 22, 2010 and run until March 14, 2010
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