Litsy

Playing to the Gallery: Helping Contemporary Art in Its Struggle to Be Understood | Grayson Perry

so-so

Meditations and musing on art. What makes something art? What makes art good? Where is the cutting edge? I enjoy Perry's irreverent, playful ponderings.

He does a lot of hedging his bets, but I do sometimes disagree when he expresses a solid opinion - e.g. that we've reached the end of the road when it comes to innovation & pushing boundaries, or the emphasis on art school as a way in.

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(Something did upset me. See comments.)

RaeLovesToRead Perry made mention of something that truly horrified my sensitive soul while discussing art created for shock value. No one else seems bothered from what I see on Goodreads, but I truly wish I could unread it. 12mo

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vlwelser

The Last Garden in England | Julia Kelly

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I was obsessed with The Secret Garden when I was a child, so any book about the fabulous gardens in England appeals to me. This story is told on three timelines but it all fits together well. And the cover is gorgeous.

#BookSpinBingo square 15
@TheAromaofBooks

#ARC from #Gallery via #Netgalley
Pub date is 1/12/2021

TheAromaofBooks Oooo I may have to check this one out!! 3y

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LiterRohde

Say Kids! What Time Is It? Notes from the Peanut Gallery | Stephen Davis

“‘Say kids! What time is it?‘
‘It‘s Howdy Doody time!‘”

#QuotsyMar20 | 21: #Gallery

📷: Made with Typorama

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TK-421

Interview with the Vampire | Anne Rice

“A summer rain had left the night clean and sparkling with drops of water. I leaned against the end pillar of the #gallery, my head touching the soft tendrils of a jasmine which grew there in a constant battle with a wisteria, and I thought of what lay before me throughout the world and throughout time, and resolved to go about it delicately and reverently, learning that from each thing which would take me best to another.” #QuotsyMar20

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DebinHawaii

Never Let Me Go | Kazuo Ishiguro

#QuotsyMar20 #Gallery

As we got older, we went on talking about the Gallery. If you wanted to praise someone‘s work , you‘d say: “That‘s good enough for the Gallery.” And after we discovered irony, whe er we came across any laughably bad work, we‘d go: “Oh yes! Straight to the Gallery with that one.”

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