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Steve Uurtamo:
>Jackson Pollock never "by tossing it through a turbine", he did it by hand,
>meticulously, with great effort, and great intent.  To say that he intended
>to "fleece the public out of money" is an affront to the sensibilities of
>even the most boorish of swine.

Urk.  Since I wrote the original paragraph about Jackson Pollock, let
me apologize.  I was probably conflating him with someone else.  I
will cheerfully admit that I know very little art history (though I
seem to remember more about the French impressionist school than
anything; probably due to some high school French class.)

"fleece the public" wasn't my statement; it was Ludwig Plutonium's.  I
was disagreeing with Ludwig's simplistic assessment of the purpose of
art.  I don't have a strong notion myself of what art is or is
supposed to be.  ("Art is some fat guy working at the corner cafe.")
Isn't exploring the meaning of art part of the reason behind the
various modern and post-modern movements?
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