The Gift: Something from Mako Fujimura
Started discussing The Gift: Creativity and the Artist in the Modern World, by Lewis Hyde yesterday over at High Calling Blogs. Interesting to me: Hyde studied folk tales, tribal customs and Scripture to learn about gifts and gift-giving.
Stop in to read this week's post, and feel free to add your bit.
Mako Fujimura's Gladiolas-Blue 2000, lithograph on Rives BFK paper, 22 x 30 inches
5 comments:
one of the reasons that this subject is interesting to me is because i have had a hard time with money as the motivator for art....as in not using an idea because of the way of thinking that it might not be something that would sell.
That painting is beautiful. I can't imagine how it must sparkle in real life.
Great job on the HCB post!
That influence is a strong one, nAncY. I look forward to reading how Hyde handles it.
Marcus, I'd love to just sit in his studio for a week and watch him paint.
nAncY, Hyde doesn't argue that gift economics are the only way to produce art. But he does argue that market economics should NOT be the only way to view art. Sometimes the market isn't quite up to speed with valuing ideas and products that need to be valued.
Thanks for the look ahead, Marcus. Well put.
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