MarxSchmarx
8th April 2012, 01:21
I think this artist leaves a decidedly mixed review for leftists.
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20585300,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines
On the one hand, he failed to impress the sort of educated youth-urban core that makes up our movement:
If you find all of this (Banksy etc...) to simply be too much work and wish to ensure that white people will never speak to you about art again, there is an easy escape. Simply mention your favorite artist is Thomas Kinkade and that you are in negotiations to purchase an original from the store in the mall. This will effectively end any friendship you have with a white person.
But on the otherhand, his art at least in America drew a huge following among working people.
It is very easy for leftists to "snub their nose" at his work, but at the same time, it does make one think that this kind of popularizer is perhaps the kind of artist that spoke to the masses, which is a sort of perennial leftist fantasy.
If you need some idea of the kind of stuff this guy made:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/thomas-kinkade-a-peaceful-retreat-77296.jpg
So how do you see his legacy?
http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20585300,00.html?xid=rss-topheadlines
On the one hand, he failed to impress the sort of educated youth-urban core that makes up our movement:
If you find all of this (Banksy etc...) to simply be too much work and wish to ensure that white people will never speak to you about art again, there is an easy escape. Simply mention your favorite artist is Thomas Kinkade and that you are in negotiations to purchase an original from the store in the mall. This will effectively end any friendship you have with a white person.
But on the otherhand, his art at least in America drew a huge following among working people.
It is very easy for leftists to "snub their nose" at his work, but at the same time, it does make one think that this kind of popularizer is perhaps the kind of artist that spoke to the masses, which is a sort of perennial leftist fantasy.
If you need some idea of the kind of stuff this guy made:
http://www.lewrockwell.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2012/04/thomas-kinkade-a-peaceful-retreat-77296.jpg
So how do you see his legacy?