Quote 1:
"Art History has totally failed to come to terms with the problem of the relationship between the outstanding work and the average work of the European tradition. The notion of Genuis is not in itself an adequate answer. Consequently, the confusion remains on the walls of the galleries." (Berger 88)
This quote reminded me of Basquiat and how he will sign his graffiti work with SAMO(c) meaning Same Old Crap. Basquiat signed his work with SAMO(c) as a way of calling out the art world and its lack of diversity. Basquiat wanted his art to make an unauthorized entry into the predominantly white corporate art world. Berger stated that galleries had lack a relationship between outstanding art and the "average work of the European traditions." Relating to the quote, Jean Micheal Basquiat hated the idea of being so beholden to the gallery system and the stuffy gallerists than ran them. “I wanted to be a star, not a gallery mascot,” said the artist in a major 1985 profile by New York Times Magazine. (Medium)
Source: https://medium.com/thenewstand/samo-its-pronounced-same-oh-26b01061c844
Quote 2:
"A painting could speak to the soul - by way of it referred to, but never by the way it envisaged" (Berger 87)
I found this quote interesting because it represents the way an artist envisions the meaning of their work could only be interpreted in a manner that only they could explicate. There are many different perspectives of what someone sees when they are admiring an artwork, It speaks and relates to them as an individual in their own way. The true story behind an image can only be explained by
the artist that created it.
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