Original John
Original John
John Berger writes that ‘original masterpieces belong to the preserve both materialy & spiritually of the rich
He writes that experience of art is linked to class: museums are full of holy relics which refer to a mystery that excludes them: the mystery of unaccountable wealth. Do you think there is a relationship between wealth and the gallery-going public?
Yes there is. They have the free time and money to participate in such extraneous institutions. Art has gotten so expensive to keep, maintain and protect that not even the wealthy can afford it anymore. They buy it to give like a Christmas card to museums for tax purposes. I, for one, am glad they do. I get to see what would otherwise be behind closed doors.
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Josef Birthday Doll – Age 18 $27.99 … |
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Josef Birthday Doll – Age 13 $23.99 … |
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John Joseph Lydon (Sex Pistols) ~ Johhny Rotten ~Rare Classic Poster Print ~ Original Printed in 1986 ~ Approx 24 X 36 Inches $9.99 … |
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Widescreen) [VHS] $9.98 Ranked 34 on the American Film Institute’s list of the 100 Greatest American Films, To Kill a Mockingbird is quite simply one of the finest family-oriented dramas ever made. A beautiful and deeply affecting adaptation of the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee, the film retains a timeless quality that transcends its historically dated subject matter (racism in the Depression-era South) and … |
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Gone with the Wind [VHS] $1.94 David O. Selznick wanted Gone with the Wind to be somehow more than a movie, a film that would broaden the very idea of what a film could be and do and look like. In many respects he got what he worked so hard to achieve in this 1939 epic (and all-time box-office champ in terms of tickets sold), and in some respects he fell far short of the goal. While the first half of this Civil War drama is tau… |