Comments for The Third Ray http://www.thethirdray.com Art, Sustainability, Environment - a blog by Joe Zammit-Lucia Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:33:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on David Hockney, the iPad and the joy of landscapes at the Royal Academy by Remy Ceci http://www.thethirdray.com/painting/david-hockney-the-ipad-and-the-joy-of-landscapes-royal-academy/comment-page-1/#comment-3487 Remy Ceci Sat, 21 Jan 2012 18:33:16 +0000 http://www.thethirdray.com/?p=665#comment-3487 These are beutiful. These are beutiful.

]]> Comment on What’s Your Fetish – People or Nature? Works by John Stezaker by David Hockney, the iPad and the joy of landscapes at the Royal Academy « The Third Ray http://www.thethirdray.com/photography/whats-your-fetish-people-or-nature-works-by-john-stezaker/comment-page-1/#comment-3485 David Hockney, the iPad and the joy of landscapes at the Royal Academy « The Third Ray Sat, 21 Jan 2012 12:03:43 +0000 http://www.thethirdray.com/?p=516#comment-3485 [...] photography of the type that populates the National Geographic magazine and other similar outlets. John Stezaker’s work comments on this view of [...] [...] photography of the type that populates the National Geographic magazine and other similar outlets. John Stezaker’s work comments on this view of [...]

]]> Comment on Naked With Pigs – Miru Kim by scott http://www.thethirdray.com/conceptual-art/naked-with-pigs-miru-kim/comment-page-1/#comment-3396 scott Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:22:02 +0000 http://www.thethirdray.com/?p=537#comment-3396 this is how this whole thing ended up...Primary Flight / Primary Projects aer animal abusers http://blogs.miaminewtimes.com/riptide/2012/01/pigs_from_naked_artists_basel.php http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/05/miru-kim-pigs-art-basel_n_1187119.html#comments this is how this whole thing ended up…Primary Flight / Primary Projects aer animal abusers

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]]> Comment on Does Activism Work – “Freedom” – a Novel by Jonathan Frantzen by Money for Our Times – Artists Design Money « The Third Ray http://www.thethirdray.com/literature/does-activism-work-freedom-a-novel-by-jonathan-frantzen/comment-page-1/#comment-3323 Money for Our Times – Artists Design Money « The Third Ray Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:08:34 +0000 http://www.thethirdray.com/?p=395#comment-3323 [...] one can imagine, numerous themes have been explored by the artists concerned. John Gray (above) and Jonathan Frantzen (below) both take up the theme of endangered species, highlighting that, once gone, they will never [...] [...] one can imagine, numerous themes have been explored by the artists concerned. John Gray (above) and Jonathan Frantzen (below) both take up the theme of endangered species, highlighting that, once gone, they will never [...]

]]> Comment on Damien Hirst and Sustainability – What? by Joe Zammit-Lucia http://www.thethirdray.com/conceptual-art/damien-hirst-and-sustainability/comment-page-1/#comment-3287 Joe Zammit-Lucia Wed, 07 Dec 2011 21:59:43 +0000 http://www.thethirdray.com/?p=206#comment-3287 Thanks for the comment. Maybe all art is "temporal and very distinct to the time we live in". It is not really possible for us to know how this art will be read in 100 years' time; whether it will be romanticized in the way that, today, we romanticize 100 or 200 year old art even though most of it was just 'painting for hire' and much of it was propaganda for the powerful and wealthy. Today we do live in time of much wealth and much of it polarized. Is that not something that artists should find their own way to comment on? Thanks for the comment. Maybe all art is “temporal and very distinct to the time we live in”. It is not really possible for us to know how this art will be read in 100 years’ time; whether it will be romanticized in the way that, today, we romanticize 100 or 200 year old art even though most of it was just ‘painting for hire’ and much of it was propaganda for the powerful and wealthy. Today we do live in time of much wealth and much of it polarized. Is that not something that artists should find their own way to comment on?

]]> Comment on Damien Hirst and Sustainability – What? by Amanda Anastasia http://www.thethirdray.com/conceptual-art/damien-hirst-and-sustainability/comment-page-1/#comment-3260 Amanda Anastasia Wed, 30 Nov 2011 20:24:20 +0000 http://www.thethirdray.com/?p=206#comment-3260 It's legacies like that of Damien Hirst that have me scratching my head to the wee hours of the night. I understand his place in the history of art. I just can't buy into it. By commenting that all art is nothing more than a commodity and actively participating in the cycle his work, in my opinion, becomes nothing more than temporal and very distinct to the times we live in. Perhaps I just have a romanticized idea about the purpose of art; in that it should transcend an epoch and all of human existence...not just the fact that we live in a time of excess and very polarized wealth. It’s legacies like that of Damien Hirst that have me scratching my head to the wee hours of the night. I understand his place in the history of art. I just can’t buy into it. By commenting that all art is nothing more than a commodity and actively participating in the cycle his work, in my opinion, becomes nothing more than temporal and very distinct to the times we live in. Perhaps I just have a romanticized idea about the purpose of art; in that it should transcend an epoch and all of human existence…not just the fact that we live in a time of excess and very polarized wealth.

]]> Comment on What does bullfighting have to do with the environment? by Joe Zammit-Lucia http://www.thethirdray.com/socialactivist-art/what-does-bullfighting-have-to-do-with-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-3237 Joe Zammit-Lucia Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:29:48 +0000 http://www.thethirdray.com/?p=315#comment-3237 Sandra Thanks for your comment. I personally agree with what you say. Sadly, the Spanish government has recently declared bullfighting an item of national heritage so it will now likely be impossible for any other region to ban it. But the reality is that it will die it's own slow and painful death over time. Few people go to watch these days and, in these difficult economic times, it's hard to sustain the subsidies. Sandra

Thanks for your comment. I personally agree with what you say. Sadly, the Spanish government has recently declared bullfighting an item of national heritage so it will now likely be impossible for any other region to ban it. But the reality is that it will die it’s own slow and painful death over time. Few people go to watch these days and, in these difficult economic times, it’s hard to sustain the subsidies.

]]> Comment on What does bullfighting have to do with the environment? by Sandra Kelch http://www.thethirdray.com/socialactivist-art/what-does-bullfighting-have-to-do-with-the-environment/comment-page-1/#comment-3236 Sandra Kelch Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:12:52 +0000 http://www.thethirdray.com/?p=315#comment-3236 Hi ! I agree with all your comments above, but one. I was in Portugal and as well heard the very stupid argument that if there are no bullfights, there will be an extinction of this specie. Well we don't fight against the panthers but we protect them anyway, right ? Well we don't fight against the pandas but we protect them anyway, right ? Well we don't fight against the gorillas but we protect them anyway, right ? So why would we have to fight against the bull so that the specie doesn't go extinct ? If the countries which have this kind of bull is so stupid to let the specie die just because they don't USE it, so the country is even more stupid than I thought about. Every intelligent country try to protect their own species, not only because they use it, but because it is part of their country, culture and so on... So I hate when I listen or read about this argument, because for me it is totally no sense !!! I really don't believe that 50% are against ending with the fights. What I believe is that the lobby is richer, and therefore have more power to keep it. Go to youtube for example and pls try to find at least 1 video or comment for the fightings !!! The problem is that this voices are spread and they are not able to get together to scream loud enough! Pls keep publishing things against bullfighting. It is not human !!! Thanks!, Sandra ps. By the way, wonderful pictures !!!!! Hi !
I agree with all your comments above, but one.

I was in Portugal and as well heard the very stupid argument that if there are no bullfights, there will be an extinction of this specie.

Well we don’t fight against the panthers but we protect them anyway, right ?
Well we don’t fight against the pandas but we protect them anyway, right ?
Well we don’t fight against the gorillas but we protect them anyway, right ?
So why would we have to fight against the bull so that the specie doesn’t go extinct ?

If the countries which have this kind of bull is so stupid to let the specie die just because they don’t USE it, so the country is even more stupid than I thought about.

Every intelligent country try to protect their own species, not only because they use it, but because it is part of their country, culture and so on…

So I hate when I listen or read about this argument, because for me it is totally no sense !!!

I really don’t believe that 50% are against ending with the fights. What I believe is that the lobby is richer, and therefore have more power to keep it.

Go to youtube for example and pls try to find at least 1 video or comment for the fightings !!!
The problem is that this voices are spread and they are not able to get together to scream loud enough!

Pls keep publishing things against bullfighting. It is not human !!!
Thanks!, Sandra

ps. By the way, wonderful pictures !!!!!

]]> Comment on Cultural Response To Climate Change – David Buckland and Cape Farewell by Gary Hume – Are the issues to big for any of us? « The Third Ray http://www.thethirdray.com/conceptual-art/cultural-response-to-climate-change-david-buckland-and-cape-farewell/comment-page-1/#comment-3214 Gary Hume – Are the issues to big for any of us? « The Third Ray Fri, 18 Nov 2011 13:11:26 +0000 http://www.thethirdray.com/?p=450#comment-3214 [...] British artist who does not usually engage with environmental issues. He became involved with Cape Farewell and created some artworks in an attempt to engage with the issues.  As reported in an article in [...] [...] British artist who does not usually engage with environmental issues. He became involved with Cape Farewell and created some artworks in an attempt to engage with the issues.  As reported in an article in [...]

]]> Comment on Trees In Concrete – David Brooks at MOMA PS1 by PS 1 http://www.thethirdray.com/conceptual-art/trees-in-concrete-david-brooks-at-moma-ps1/comment-page-1/#comment-3204 PS 1 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 20:45:41 +0000 http://www.thethirdray.com/?p=267#comment-3204 [...] rooms filled with film, photographs, and sculptures.  One of my favorite exhibits of the day was David Brooks’ Preserved Forest.  This piece is exactly what it sounds like: a portion of a Brazilian [...] [...] rooms filled with film, photographs, and sculptures.  One of my favorite exhibits of the day was David Brooks’ Preserved Forest.  This piece is exactly what it sounds like: a portion of a Brazilian [...]

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