Wednesday, September 29, 2004

some peeps got hate...

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/britartfire/story/0,14634,1310814,00.html


Four months ago, fire swept through an east London warehouse rented by the storage company Momart. Hundreds of works by leading British artists were destroyed in the blaze. It was dubbed a disaster by some - and celebrated by much of the rest of the country. In the most extensive investigation so far, James Meek examines why so many significant pieces of art were put at risk and assesses the real cost of the inferno

the article is two part and worth a read. i hope this and/or other publications keep up with this story, not just for the drama...
the sad/funny thing is...the writer interviews peeps on the street about the sitch, and they know about it!! THEY HAVE AN OPINION ABOUT IT (and art). whatta laugh that would happen here. like ann said "some poor schmo at the wiggly buying lettuce..." wouldn't know an American artist if life/death depended on it. and even then, most walk-around peeps might think it's important what happens to some 'rich person's art collection'
so that's just me imposin'...

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