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joseph...

I don't have difficulty understanding art...nor do I have trouble
understanding Basquiat's "work"...that's why I mentioned him. I know about
him....but I also know he had a good "agent" or "pusher of his work"....

And your saying "mature figurative art is anything but a photographic
representation" is exactly my point.

Now it is only MY opinion, but I do not believe that the statement that
"talent" is ONLY ...as per your words...

"the degree of accuracy with which the
object is reproduced determines the degree of talent...in visual art"....

I'm not trying to argue with your definition, I'm just saying there is SO
much more to the definition of the word "talent". Those of us who teach art
in schools see this and can understand it....

I have many "talented" students in VISUAL art, whose drawings are not
"exactly" representational....however, they are VERY talented in visual art.

Talent in my opinion is so MUCH more.

End of subject!!!!

Sincerely,
Carolyn

>Not to belabor the point of self-education, but if you did some
>investigating into Basquiat's history, you'd learn that he was somewhat
>of a prodigy--that an artist moves into an area of art that becomes
>unique indicates maturity. If this is difficult for you to understand
>take the work of Picasso, also a prodigy, whose mature figurative art is
>anything but a photographic representation.
>
>best wishes,
>joseph

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