[Jewelry making - Article 00106] - Re: [Orchid] Conceptual Jewelry

[John Donivan]

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>     Perhaps the thing is not so much that we've lost a deeper soul
>     expression with our art, but that we Are reflecting our current
>     human condition 

    I see LOTS of deeper art in the world - Angela's point is true, but I
    think that largely it's not WE who have lost that, it's THEY - the
    people who make the decisions about what is shown and where - some of
    the MOMA's, certain galleries - there are plenty of people who have
    more sense, for sure. I've heard people - collectors - who say
    they've abandoned contemporary art altogether because of it's
    shallowness. Anyway - Kevin Kelly says it well, today, too. I think
    that one of the things with jewelry specifically is really not so
    difficult to grasp. As usual, it comes down to history and tradition.
    Jewelry has been made for literally thousands of years. We all know
    what a bracelet is - I don't mean Orchid, I mean the entire human
    race. And I don't mean design, I mean, "A bracelet is a thing that
    goes on the upper arm in something like this fashion." When/if a
    person gets some thing - let's say the old Honda Civic, and calls it 
a
    bracelet, here's what's probably going to happen: 1) People are going
    to think you're from another planet. 2) It's going to bring you
    nothing but grief, and 3) You are never, never, ever going to
    convince everyone that it is so. Because we all know what a bracelet
    is, mechanically speaking. If you don't actually do that, and call it
    Art, or Wearable Art, or anything like that, then all of that just
    goes "Poof", everybody says, sure, I can see that, we break out the
    champagne, and everbody's happy. Or, as I like to say, "The fact that
    you (someone) wants to pretend that the people around you are stupid
    doesn't mean that they are, it just means that you want to pretend
    they are." Trying to say, "This automobile is a bracelet because I
    say it is." is profoundly ignorant and self absorbed. Just call it
    Art, and nobody will bat and eyelash. 

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