Burma, America, The World, Art, Literature, Political Economy through the eyes of a Permanent Exile. "We must take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the oppressed. Sometimes we must interfere. . . There is so much injustice and suffering crying out for our attention . . . writers and poets, prisoners in so many lands governed by the left and by the right." Elie Wiesel, Nobel Peace Prize Speech, 1986, Oslo. This entire site copyright Kyi May Kaung unless indicated otherwise.
Sunday, March 08, 2009
"A cross between an aging bon vivant and a secret agent" -- Larry Gagosian and his Art Gallery in a major recession --
Found art in the kitchen sink -- Copyright Kyi May Kaung
http://www.mydigitalfc.com/art-and-culture/gagosian-pulls-art-sales-out-thinning-air-928
My point of view is true quality will ride out all boom-bust cycles.
And as an artist, all I need to do is keep painting. That's not too difficult.
Writers can keep writing. Fantasy always sells, especially when things are down. As I am a writer too, I am strangely OK. Besides, I come from Burma where people continue in conditions lower than in any developed country.
Visual and plastic artists and writers can make art from anything. If things are bad, there are more stories.
Short comment Copyright Kyi May Kaung.
Ruth Prawer Jhabvala--I have a volume of her short stories--which I like a great deal.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_Prawer_Jhabvala
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