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Vincent Aid

            Van Gogh (post-Duchamp) and the Notion of the Fake.
I have no interest in the paintings of Vincent Van Gogh. I have little or no interest in painting for its own sake and can only be pulled in when I see it as a vehicle for ideas. 
I consumed his work when I was a teenager but, on discovering Duchamp, lost interest completely. I am profoundly interested in what Van Gogh, his life and myth, represents.
Before going there I need to hold the concept of Fakery up to the infra-thin prism and reconsider it. First of all we need to do away with judgement. Genuine is a word like truth which can be used as a weapon and therefore is immediately suspect. In contrast to the usual definition of fake as the opposite of genuine we need to consider the possibility of anti-genuine or complementary to genuine. This puts genuine and fake as opposite but equal. Now we can start. 

John: I still find Van Gogh's works jump from their 
gallery surroundings, purely because of their
mental intensity, but I also enjoy your piece enormously.

Ruin: Unfortunately the museum has become a bit of a nightmare now. There is a shepherding around in a uni-directional path with no place to stop and look. Then there are also the selfie takers to navigate. When did they start allowing photos to be taken in Museums? I am officially now a curmudgeon.

John: You have to choose the timing of your visits with care, 
to avoid the human juggernauts of enthusiastic young, 
selfie addicted, European bourgeois cultural tourists .

   

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Taken on: December 8, 2008

Sets appears in: • The Fungimentals • Family more » • All and Everything • The Goo is Setting Fast • Thinking about Duchamp • Thinking about Van Gogh « less

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