[lit-ideas] Re: Guess
- From: Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 04 May 2008 14:56:26 -0400
Who's the most famous artist in
the world that nobody's ever heard of?
Everybody's heard of Yoko Ono. She is not famous
as an artist. She used to be a downtown-style,
minor performance artist before she hooked up with
Lennon.
Renee's argument is strong. Probably more people
have heard of Sallman than Flagg.
However, it may be an impossible question. Can a
person be "The Most Famous" [anything ... insert
your activity here] "That Nobody's Ever Heard Of"?
Colorless green redux.
(1) Here's the Sallman argument.
* the New York Times in 1994 called him the
"best-known artist of the century".[3]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warner_Sallman#cite_note-2
* Warner Sallman's 1940 oil painting "The Head
of Christ" is believed to be the most reproduced
religious work of art. It's been copied a billion
times, if you include lamps, clocks and calendars.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19389292/site/newsweek/
Here's another possibility. Times change.
(2) The designer of Google logos. Yet as Paul
noted, that's also stretching the definition of art.
* Dennis Hwang may be the most famous unknown
artist in the world
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/07/19/google.logo/index.html
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