tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175105199095307447.post1683488275549387842..comments2024-03-12T08:20:42.403-04:00Comments on GCVA: Art DevotionGC::VAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04551489786647115648noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8175105199095307447.post-61982816045884919342011-01-06T01:16:49.287-05:002011-01-06T01:16:49.287-05:00I appreciate the author's take on devotion and...I appreciate the author's take on devotion and, especially, the perspective on the Merode Altarpiece. Seeing that triptych was one of my "swoon-worthy" moments in art--when I first laid eyes on it at The Cloisters. Well, okay, after the initial shock of its diminutive size wore off, I was swooning. Cortney, care to take a stab at his comments on Rothko?<br /><br />It's refreshing to read an article at this point in the year, and, one that aims at criticism, in general, actually approach historic art making when much of the discussion and articles of late focus on contemporary art and lists, including those that we've posted by myself and others here, on this blog. <br /><br />One comment, too, about the author's discussion of the notion of display. He writes, "He could have had no ambitions for museum exhibition. There was no such thing. The object he toiled over was not even meant for display. It had utility." I disagree with the comment that the work was not meant for "display" -- perhaps not in the typical sense, but definitely display in the sense of merely being on view in terms of its legacy and future through introduction to and activation of a particular space. The work has always been "on display" in my opinion.Earl Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09676341256531102249noreply@blogger.com