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Topic History of: Van Gogh
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Wyot Green Man wrote:
[quote]Wyot wrote:
[quote]Downing Street Cat wrote:


If you want to pay to see scribbles Wyot, why not go to a family restaurant and get your youngest to draw on a placemat or in a colouring book, you can frame it or pin it on the fridge afterwards.

If there were a Paul Whitehead exhibition then things would be different.


All art is subjective GM. For me Van Gogh is mesmerising and deeply moving. Always has been. Where others had Nirvana on posters at University I had "Pavement Cafe at Night".

I don't recall getting the same feeling - much as I love him - gazing at my youngest's earnest scribbles in a restaurant the other week

It's all in the feeling.
Green Man Wyot wrote:
Downing Street Cat wrote:
But I doubt the 21st Century would have been any kinder toward him. Difference is still detested.

I wonder what other geniuses there have been out there in many fields, overlooked by a world suspicious of difference, and money men convinced the nect big thing will look pretty much like the last big thing?

I have a ticket for November - they are going quick for others interested.


If you want to pay to see scribbles Wyot, why not go to a family restaurant and get your youngest to draw on a placemat or in a colouring book, you can frame it or pin it on the fridge afterwards.

If there were a Paul Whitehead exhibition then things would be different.
JK2006 Yes I was lucky to snap up tickets for next week.
Wyot Downing Street Cat wrote:
But I doubt the 21st Century would have been any kinder toward him. Difference is still detested.

I wonder what other geniuses there have been out there in many fields, overlooked by a world suspicious of difference, and money men convinced the nect big thing will look pretty much like the last big thing?

I have a ticket for November - they are going quick for others interested.
Downing Street Cat A fascinating character too was our Vincent. A rascal, especially when he'd had a few, like many creative geniuses ran screaming from convention and didn't ever walk a straight line. Thankfully his brother understood him more than anyone. But I doubt the 21st Century would have been any kinder toward him. Difference is still detested.