[txt] Tons of verbiage, activity and consumption - www.guardian.co.uk
Mark Rothko's views on what was happening to art in 1969 are worth examining. What would he make of the art world today?
When I was a younger man, art was a lonely thing; no galleries, no collectors, no critics, no money. Yet it was a golden time, for then we had nothing to lose and a vision to gain. Today it is not quite the same. It is a time of tons of verbiage, activity, and consumption. Which condition is better for the world at large I will not venture to discuss. But I do know that many who are driven to this life are desperately searching for those pockets of silence where they can root and grow. We must all hope that they find them.[img] Oops, Building REsources - heather on flickr.com
