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Subject: [Leica] A Tribute to Marcel Duchamp
From: jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj)
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2025 14:30:15 +0530
References: <E88A4440-9D8B-45AF-966E-84EE83A7AF8F@gmail.com> <CAH1UNJ3Scfq4Q2V2j8N=S6-QN03-oeC9e+VQVMBwQrjXvGozjQ@mail.gmail.com> <F79F4A41-A331-4755-AD5C-757D43A8925E@gmail.com>

He profited well from his view, I think, in that case, not in the least
that we are still talking about him!  Nobody ever went broke
underestimating the taste of art collectors (with apologies to
H.L.Mencken)! ???

Cheers
Jayanand

On Sun, Apr 20, 2025 at 10:49?PM Ric Carter via LUG <lug at leica-users.org>
wrote:

> Duchamps point  EXACTLY!
>
> Ric
>
>
>
> > On Apr 19, 2025, at 12:21 PM, Jayanand Govindaraj via LUG <
> lug at leica-users.org> wrote:
> >
> > So the stuff that mocks art becomes art because some billionaire twit is
> > willing to spend millions of USD for it, and so, because a billionaire
> has
> > overpaid like mad for it, it gets exhibited in museums. There is zero
> > creativity at work here, just stupidity. Speaks volumes of the art world
> -
> > and museums. Simpler to spend $100 at the local plumbers if you want to
> > exhibit it.....
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jayanand
>
>
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In reply to: Message from lluisripollphotography at gmail.com (Lluis Ripoll) ([Leica] A Tribute to Marcel Duchamp)
Message from jayanand at gmail.com (Jayanand Govindaraj) ([Leica] A Tribute to Marcel Duchamp)
Message from cartersxrd at gmail.com (Ric Carter) ([Leica] A Tribute to Marcel Duchamp)