Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Ownership Mentality: Art Gallery Prohibits Sketching
Techdirt: I've always been a bit baffled by No Photography signs in museums and art galleries. Presumably they exist to make the exhibits more exclusive and attractive, but that misses the point of why people visit museums: they want to see these things in person, which is a vastly different experience from simply knowing what they look like. Nobody has ever seen a photo of a dinosaur skeleton or Michelangelo's David and thought "oh good, now I don't need to go see that for real."
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Well, I guess now my secret plan to sketch famous sculptures and sell them as artist-original conceptual plans is shot. Because, you know, my attempt to become a less awful artist is threatening the livelihood of a dead white guy who probably has no modern estate. Seriously though, I find it a little offensive and disturbing that museums, who are presumably interested in spreading a love and appreciation of art , are banning those who wish to study and perpetuate that same appreciation from developing their own skillset. Next we're going to start banning athletes from watching basketball games because they may be trying to imitate a particular lay-up strategy.... Ps, if I really needed a picture of a sculpture, I know how to use Google.
Museums are a key tool into observation into art idols that any thriving artist or struggling art student can visit and observe and learn from or find inspiration in. for museums or art galleries to ban sketching within the gallery is just kind of insulting to artists. Art is meant to be inspiring and motivating. How is the artist's work going to do just that if we are not allowed to truly observe and interpret these great pieces of art.
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