[lit-ideas] Re: Guess
- From: Andy <mimi.erva@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 13:24:09 -0700 (PDT)
You're right. The question wasn't well worded. I
probably should have said Who's one of the most famous
celebrities in the world who nobody knows is an
artist? Think you would have gotten it? I'm sure I
wouldn't have, but it would have been more fair.
I have to say, I think yours and Renee's answers were
really good. I had no idea about either of those
images.
--- Eric Yost <mr.eric.yost@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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