[NetBehaviour] Retraction: Andre

[Lawrence Upton]

Hi



>Laurence, you probably think I'm bullshitting now, but no:
No


>(i'm probably only trying to prove i'm not the prejudiced asshole that
i think you think i am.

No



> I sometimes write things that are not my
position and assume people will see that.)


It wasn't at all clear



>I was attempting to question why 2000 9/11's, being what it is, should
be elevated as a serious work

OK. It did not come over as serious criticism. A direct question might have 
been a better approach.



>... (but the attempt got mixed up with a
misinterpretation of Michaels comments)...


It also got mixed up with your complementary classification of Andre's 
sculpture as _a joke_



>>But the work is less important than the talk that arises from it.
>And that does not really say much does it, considering the trouble it's
caused - though that trouble is nothing compared with 911.




Perhaps not. It depends how one views the nature of art.



I don't think there was any claim by Alan as to the importance of his text. 
I suggest it is best seen as part of an ongoing larger production.



I don't think his intention was to produce a "great" stand alone piece of 
literature



all the best





Lawrence

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