http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2006/11/personal-art-or-collective-history/ A design blog with a particular emphasis on green design, design for society, and environmental technologies, Vestal Design Blog also discusses web design, product design, graphic design, and architecture. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:25:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2006/11/personal-art-or-collective-history/comment-page-1/#comment-223940 Tim Thibeault Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:10:16 +0000 http://www.vestaldesign.com/blog/2006/11/personal-art-or-collective-history.html#comment-223940 If a societal practice denies the "personal" value of a piece of art to the artist, it also denies the human value of that artist to society. To what "Collective", then, can that art possibly belong? There can be no human collective if it does not respect basic human rights. The last collective to work this effectively at Auschwitz, was the Nazi Party itself. The replicas, now held by the Museum, of Dina Babbitt's art can more than meet the requirements of public display. Give the woman back her art - NOW! If a societal practice denies the “personal” value of a piece of art to the artist, it also denies the human value of that artist to society. To what “Collective”, then, can that art possibly belong?
There can be no human collective if it does not respect basic human rights. The last collective to work this effectively at Auschwitz, was the Nazi Party itself.
The replicas, now held by the Museum, of Dina Babbitt’s art can more than meet the requirements of public display. Give the woman back her art – NOW!

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