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Old 29-10-2010, 17:37   #215
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Re: The value of public funded art

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Originally Posted by Gordon Booth View Post
Remembering your background, Garinda, I MUST OF COURSE say you appear to be the exception that proves the rule.
I, like Acrylic-bob, love art, and both studied it, as an academic subject to degree level.

As well as an art lover, I'm also a realist when it comes to the economic harshness of the world, beyond the confines of the ivory towers of academia.

If no one wants to buy what you're producing, don't rely on the tax payer to fund your ambitions.

I will not be changing my mind on the value for money, or artistic merit, that artifically subsidised, state funded, art projects produce.
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