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Notes from Elizabeth Concannon
There was a
small mailing
list for Corbett's group of strangers. And the art was various
and what
intrigued me was the variety of subject matter addressed -- sometimes
crude,
sometimes intellectual, mostly contemporary -- and all provocative in
its own
way.
I seem usually to value exposure
to art which raises questions, rather than try to provide lofty
answers.
I've always thought that is why symbols are more critical in the arts
than
absolute reproduction of something seen, even though the most
meticulous
painting or drawing of a real scene may, of course, have a meaning
other than
the obvious one.
I
liked the deadlines --
valued the response which contained the names of participants --
and the
size made it possible at that time. There
was seldom any personal contact -- in my
case at least. One
local
exception to that was an art student in Illinois who occasionally
wrote notes to me and sent
invitations to his exhibits of sculpture and jewelry.
Infrequently, someone would send a note that
said "right on" or something like that --
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