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show details Jan 7 (10 days ago)
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STUNNING!!!!!!!!!!  KNOX
Figure 1: Satyr and Nymph Series 941 by the Alpha Seer formerly called Ben Lau
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The great master Knox Martin (www.knoxmartin.com) says “Stunning!!!!!!!!!!”, and please note the number of bars in this hearty exclamation….
When Knox Martin says stunning, no one in the world can argue against it, since he is the ULTIMATE authority in this game.
So are you saying you don’t believe in authority…?
BRAVO, my son…!
No,…don’t get me wrong! Now wait a minute: I was just about to applaud you, except for the fact that, when all of a sudden, looking out from my car going down Lyndale Avenue S. by Uptown, I saw this huge crowd scrambling for tickets in subzero weather, with everyone squeezing into Walker Art Center for a glimpse of the universally admired Andy Warhol, his Brillo Boxes, his Campbell Soups, Monroe silkscreens, Mao in heavy cosmetics and all,…Aha, I almost forgot, the renowned critic Mary Abbe had earlier spoken fondly about the whole racket, declaring that Warhol had successfully made a sociologically relevant statement for our times and so forth… !
Ah! Pop art, the rage of the 21st Century!
Thus had the renowned Mary Abbe from the Star Tribune spoken…!
And in that crowd I saw YOU !
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I heard Andy had, before dying of AIDS, made a big pile of money after pulling off this trick of a make-believe-it -is- art game,– he and accomplice Robert Rauschenberg, allegedly supported by the broadest of a general public ever recorded in the history of mankind, especially by those citizens who had loudly proclaimed their sacred independence from the influence of all authorities, and had challenged authority ferociously,–while ironically under the horrendous influence of the same anyway,– in whatsoever way, form, color or smell they had proceeded by….
Can the Alpha Seer not see this coming ?
Impossible!
He has not called himself the Alpha Seer for some idol reasons!
And now he must also call himself the Clarifier, “to clarify for Humanity” is the meaning of that term, quite a strange one, eh? ( I know Kate would laugh right out again…, she is sunbathing in Thailand now, but who cares,–as long as it does not mean “the Pope!”…?)
But there, I am not withholding my applause, son, I have yet to dispense it like every single permissive parent you find in this country, as you have the gut to stand up and protest against authority! And really some gut,– and oh, by that I mean courage, (aside) –He, hee,… truly not bad for a blind fish who is entitled to fully nothing but darkness, and the murky river to swim in,…–where the arse of an elephant might be just as good as his balls,… and if I could remember correctly: someone from Harvard University with Ph.D had put that in your fine head, and instantly you were charmed,– and full credibility was given him without question… by you , son!
Nevertheless, even with that dismal recall I still won’t let thing stand in the way, your daring has impressed me, and that would still set you apart, at least,–from the crowd who obey nothing but their own herd instincts!
Well, if nothing else, the Clarifier is hereby giving you his approval for your boldness– following some good examples of contemporary parents whose indulgence in their child’s immense ego, while dwarfing it with theirs, ( the parents’ indulgence, obviously is so much more immense that the boy’s ego is no match for it…,) applaud the little brute’s ignorance, incompetence and laziness….!
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Had Knox Martin passed a comment without the slightest deliberation on whatsoever was being said, unaware of how others might be thereby affected, or in so doing, forgetting that he has a fine reputation to protect, being a serious master as he is, on the art scene of New York city for the past 60+ years, then we can surely argue that Knox is just voicing his own opinion,–and nothing else but that…!
However, any full bloomed idiot who has been following the Alpha Seer for any number of years, or someone who has paid attention to the Alpha Seer’s art blog for the last 7, will know very well this is hardly the case at all!
Were Knox to act like the deluded buffoons who are currently running the shows of art criticisms in all of our U.S. academia, and who do not know what exactly they themselves are talking about,–then we can all agree that, here too, we have a most careless man, by the name of Knox Martin, whose judgment and character we question… !
However, a reasonable and careful research on Knox Martin, his profile, his art, or his humanity, will yield nothing but the finding that none of the above is true! And knowing where Knox is coming from is an additional piece of excellent data that can be played like a trump card, to dispel any lingering doubts on his character or judgment!
Knox the artistic genius has indeed based his critique on such great masters as Titian, Van Eyck, Frans Hals, Adriaen Brouwer, Rubens, Ingres, Cezanne, Matisse, Picasso, and de Kooning, etc.
Now one can see that his statement of “Stunning!!!!!!!!!!” is not by any means, just blabbering from his personal opinion, nor is it careless utterance, since, with the supreme backing of the masters that had existed before him, whatsoever he is saying about art can be found to be fully substantiated.
In other words, in whatever artist statement that those aforesaid masters had been in consensus of, there is nothing that will prevent Knox Martin from knowingly concurring on the same !
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Why has the Clarifier made that long drawn-out, yet logically sound, step-by step, reasoning? Is he trying to prove something? Sometimes it just might appear to be so redundant or childish about this Clarifier, since it certainly appears that he had argued something similar before… .
And the answer to that is, my son, were it not for this notion that, seeing art, or its existence thereof, is indeed hard for most people, the Clarifier would have contentedly retired into oblivion. And, as I recall, it has taken someone with great honesty, some heavy- weight in art, by the name of Henri Matisse, to persistently spell out the following:
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“IF CEZANNE IS RIGHT, THEN I, HENRI MATISSE, AM RIGHT TOO!”
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So folks, since most of you here may not be as artistically endowed as Henri Matisse, it is therefore pertinent to admit full ignorance, be genuinely humble, to rein in the ego and its indulgence, before one can get even the slightest chance of an induction into enlightenment!
You cannot get enlightened simply because you have desired it. If you were ever enlightened, it is a happening ! So my proposal is, why not simply return to the real authorities in art, — the REAL THINGS, — like Van Eyck, Titian, Frans Hals, Rubens, Adriaen Brouwer, Cezanne, Degas, Ingres, Picasso and Matisse, etc.? Then the next step is to fortify yourself with the passion of diligence and focus, before embarking on the study of art from its sacred source ? Once you are armed with that noble knowledge of composition, this is what I will say to you, lad: Welcome back to the current conversation! Take a serious look at our art here. Look again and again before beautiful things come your way like breeze in Spring, then properly relax and allow more pleasant surprises to overwhelm you throughout this religious viewing, eventually to decipher the underlying wisdom of Knox’s critique of “Stunning!!!!!!!!!!”
May the Clarifier himself also make an addition here then,
This art, entitled Satyr and Nymph Series 941, IS TRULY ONE POETRY OF AN EXPOSITION,–one hell of a significant phenomenon,– not to be repeated again for the next 200 years!
The Clarifier must blow his own trumpet since there is not another art critic out there in the whole wide world who is up to it and therefore, has a single clue about it!
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This art therefore deserves better and more profound scrutiny,– and of course it takes more than just the simplistic reaction, one of robotically reacting to existence, following the instincts of the herd, and of mindlessly answering an all-call from sad looking Mary Abbe of the Star Tribune, to eventually getting into line,– all stupidity piling upon one frigid day at Walker Poverty Center, for a clueless glimpse of one con-man, Andy Warhol, pulling his trick of “Everything is art,–and mark my words for it: Nothing in the world can therefore be non-art! ”
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WHY WOULD MILLIONS OF FOLKS SEE A SHOW SO DISMALLY DEVOID OF EVEN THE FAINTEST OF SUBSTANCE–WHEREIN NO MERIT IS EVER DETECTABLE, NO VALUE EVER REDEEMABLE,–WHERE NOT EVEN A FORMER GHOST OF ART IS PRESENT…?
That question, just as “Why Hitler had succeeded in killing so many Jews?” EQUALLY relevant,–always baffles the mind!
But this dialog must be kept valid, and this question constantly asked, so the mind may snap to attention, become vigilant, and become aware again!
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The moment you have realized that none of what you used to do,– especially when it comes to art, can make any sense in life anymore,–that same “million- dollar moment” experienced by my former protege, Professor Leander S. Hughes, of Saitama University, for example, then you know you have arrived–inside you!
When that happens, may you have my heartfelt blessings, son! And may I assure you that it is just the sweetest moment of your life!
How so?
You have hit ENLIGHTENMENT, yes, the jackpot that is ENLIGHTENMENT!–and you alone would know it!
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Until then, my son, you are simply as blind, and as miserable, as a bat.., or even blinder than one!
And why do I care? I will tell you why some other days, but for now it suffices to say simply this:
You’ve got to understand your own predicaments, as
YOU HAVE STUPIDLY SQUANDERED YOUR HUMANITY: THE RARE OPPORTUNITY FOR BEING HUMAN, THROWING IT OUT like a manic spendthrift, the rare, golden opportunity for being human….!
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The CLARIFIER, formerly known as the Alpha Seer