EA Bucchianeri wrote in “Brushstrokes of a Gadfly” that art is in the eye of the beholder and everyone will have their interpretation. I’ve never read any books by Bucchianeri. But if I dropped that quote in the “right” circles (while holding a martini and wearing Italian loafers), I might be mistaken for an art collector. Or not.
I’ve never been good at pretending. I used to sculpt. Sports sculptures in bronze. Only once did I submit one of my sculptures for an “award.” I got an honorable mention. A participation trophy. I anticipated losing but the winning sculpture was god-awful. “That won?!” I asked my wife. She was mortified that I said it loud enough for people in the gallery to hear. I picked up my bronze award and tossed it in the trash on the way out.
Art is subjective.
A photograph of the Rhine River sold for 4.3 million dollars ($4,300,000) at a…
