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Originally Posted by Ronald Pagan
Has anyone actually seen Voice of Fire at the National Art Gallery?
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No, I have not seen it. That does not exclude me from having an opinion on it. I ran in an election(s) and plenty of people had opinions about me without ever meeting me.
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Lol what a bunch of philistines. Prairie bumpkins arguing about what art is more or less valuable.
I'll tell you what, Voice of Fire's value has more than doubled since the Government bought it.
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The issue is not todays value of the art, it is the fact that government even supports it in the first place. I would rather see the money go towards educating our youth. In my opinion that is a far better investment in out future.
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A general rule of thumb: when you have no idea about the subject you're talking about, it's best to just keep your mouth shut.
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Actually I have created some artistic pieces and sold them. However people wanted me to mass produce my pieces and I would rather not do that. I do not have my hand out to the government to support me creating unique pieces. I realize I will not make a living at it and do not expect the rest of society to subsidize me.
I am also married to someone who carves and sells his work through a gallery in the Rockies without government subsidies.
He wrote this piece you might be interested in.
http://www.corymorgan.com/?p=60
Then again, we are just two artistic prairie bumpkins who have no clue.
