>this comment should remind us of threads not on rothko and art, but on louis vitton bags >and fashion.
sure, louis vitton and fashion, but also rothko and art. art is not outside the pale of fashion. but also more importantly, the questions of function and utility are issues that artists have to continually grapple with. Though Duchamp is almost the ubiquitous reference point for conceptual artists, his Urinal - where he displayed a readymade white urinal as a piece of sculpture - still remains a powerful work. more on the urinal here: 01. a bbc link reporting on a survey which voted it the most influential modern artwork http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/arts/4059997.stm 02. and a SFMOMA link that gives an accessible art history lite intro to the work http://www.sfmoma.org/msoma/artworks/1466.html On 11/4/07, Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rishab Aiyer Ghosh [04/11/07 16:19 +0000]: > >i think there are music and communication devices as much works of art as > >apple's. this comment should remind us of threads not on rothko and art, > >but on louis vitton bags and fashion. > > > >i guess my perspective is a bit warped by my new nokia n95... > > Seen it - but instead of that or an iphone I picked up a nokia e61 today .. > almost as good as a treo or blackberry, slightly larger keyboard and all > the nokia shortcuts I am accustomed to. Add symbian versions of opera and > lonelycat profimail to replace the default browser and email client and I > should have a very usable phone indeed, if not one that is as sexy as an > iphone. > > -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - does the frog know it has a latin name? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
