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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (234615)	6/29/2007 8:00:06 AM
From: c.hinton	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

re artists and politics...... Art and politics have have had a symbiotic relationship since the eariliest times.... artist work for the rich and powerfull...that is those in power the job of the artist was often to make visible to all the power and majesty of the patron. The artist was the agent of propaganda...... The politics of the artist was therefore often a primary concern of his employer.

To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (234615)	6/29/2007 10:17:15 AM
From: epicure	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 281500

While artists may have been under the thumb of their patrons, just as artists were under Stalin, for example, sly traces of their mockery of authority come out. I don't think you can really use the patronage system of the Middle Ages to prove what a conservative group artists are. I'm not sure why you even want to. When you look at artists- painters, poets, writers, sculptors, movie makers, actors, singers, performance artists, comics- I just don't know why you would even bother to try to argue these folks are conservative. It's nuts, imo. I didn't know you watched the BBC nightly. Happy to know that.