the art wars

Harrys. im digging into a pizza made by jesus, julie into chili chicken dish, ditto jacko, what about this negative art review about x, jacko asks, yeah well julie says zv gave him a negative review, it sparked some dialouge in the local art magazine. such as? well some readers response was really positive, i mean to the critique, that too much of the work here is soft and played out. ill bet x doesnt care, jacko said, hes making a ton of money, thats something altogether different i chime in, ripping off a junk of pizza and getting warmed up, i mean x can sell all the work he wants but a reviewer can says whatever they want. julie, says, its the only really negative review weve ever seen here, all the other reviews are over ridingly positive, even if we think the work is commerical and decorative, i thought it was a breath of fresh air. well jamie, jacko asks what do you think of x s work? compared to some japenese minimilist sculpture ive seen in washington dc, not much, its purely decorative, a replacement on a wall for a trophy fish or a lions head. it goes to show, jacko said, art is purely subjective. well i know one thing ,my pizza isnt, jesus makes a damn fine pizza and im warm inside and the argentine wine and the pizza are saying hello in my stomach, glad to leave any discussions about art to our brains, but it makes us all question whats going on here. i think its fine for x to show and sell, his gallery can do whatever they want, but wheres the alternative? i think thats what zv was saying, wheres the work that makes you think, confront you, show the human condition, represent our times? surely suffering and poverty must be shown, should art lead the way, pointing out our ills, our flaws, yet ultimately give us hope. i believe it should. of course theres room for x, he must make his buyers happy and happiness is part of the human condition. i think zv was trying to say we need both, we have to see everything, if there is this,there must be that, and maybe its not subjective at all, maybe its all about money and what will sell, and every artist will have to decide that for themselves, what they can live with. in the meantime im going to plow through jesus pizza, with a nice thin crust and eggplant and adding on some of julies chicken and sipping on a glass of red wine, ive just created a piece of culinary art in harrys warm cozy roadhouse. it feels fine and there s nothing subjective about that. jacko says, show them jamie, lead the way, hes got a poets heart and it cant be denied. salud jgk