Hasta La Ideas

Remember “Depressiongate” of the early 2009s? Probably not, because we just made up that stupid phrase (if political pundits get to add “-gate” to describe every little controversy, why can’t we?). What we’re talking about here is that couple of days at the start of the year when Michael Cannell wrote the piece “Design Loves a Depression,” Murray Moss responded with an angry retort, and then everyone with an electronic typewriter and/or publisher behind them started writing pieces one side or the other about the topic. Thankfully, we managed to get through this tense period in American history and now we can move on. For instance, we can read Alexandra Peers‘ feature in New York magazine, “Arte Povera: Why Recession Isn’t Good for Art.” Personally, we could tell you why in one simple equation: “no money = no payment for art = artists starve, the art world shrinks, and people try to find other professions.” Fortunately, and despite our lighthearted whimsy, Peers has a much less reductive view of the world and it’s a great piece that’s more focused on art than creativity in general (like Cannell’s original) and certainly doesn’t forgive the industry for its past greed and miscellaneous transgressions. Well worth your time and eyeball/brain energy in reading it.

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