tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post5232075433651981014..comments2023-10-18T01:52:22.751-07:00Comments on The American Dissident: Michael A. GiaquintoG. Tod Slonehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08298151154368372719noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-3878026815844458002021-01-07T05:41:32.357-08:002021-01-07T05:41:32.357-08:00When public funds are accorded to galleries and li...When public funds are accorded to galleries and libraries, the latter should be required to open their doors to dissident art, especially when that art is critical of them. Period. Highly subjective terms, including aesthetic taste, are poor criteria. G. Tod Slonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08298151154368372719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-82842390680869864102020-11-24T07:56:12.877-08:002020-11-24T07:56:12.877-08:00This reply, though on a different post, was meant ...This reply, though on a different post, was meant to relate to the ‘free speech’ topic as well.Christine D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04037457015931727093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-239569862679528067.post-44444219045219974742020-11-18T20:57:22.253-08:002020-11-18T20:57:22.253-08:00The people who run an art gallery or a library hav...The people who run an art gallery or a library have the right to decide on its exhibits, don’t they?<br />Just because there are such things as corporate co-option and hierarchical oppression doesn’t mean that those are necessarily the reasons art is rejected.<br />Personal aesthetic taste is actually a good enough criterion and does not need to be justified to anyone else.<br />Btw, the idea of ‘pulling back the veil’ on the destructive machinery of society is not new and there has perhaps never been much of a veil in the first place. The ‘Moloch’ element of the film Metropolis from 100 years ago or of Allen Ginsberg’s poem ‘Howl’ showed it. Art is style as well as subject, because the subjects themselves are not really ever unique (except perhaps due to technical advances)....Christine D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04037457015931727093noreply@blogger.com