Noteworthy Comments responding to Richard Prince Lawsuit Article
#originality
#creativity
#nytimes
#contemporary art
Pigeon, Mt Vernon, WI: ”Bottom line: laziness has become the new ‘creativity’. It’s hard work to be original, so let’s just make ‘ironic’ commentary on the efforts of others. Hipsterism has replaced thoughtfulness, and semantic gymnastics have replaced efforts to do original work.”
Linda L, Mountain View, CA: “I try to teach art…. How am I to demand originality from students when this kind of theft is commonplace? Many students come to the art classroom because they want to be creative, and then they proceed to copy if they can get away with it. Appropriation is a quick solution for them, but it does not nurture creative thought, which is hard work.”
