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There will be no next greatest artist in the world. By Timothy A. Ruane

June 10, 2012 By 6 Comments

There will be no next greatest artist in the world.  By Timothy A. Ruane

 

It is not enough to better Picasso.

One must also know how to play the recorder + a record player, hop scotch, blow bag pipes, twitter youtube (sic), be more sexy than Michelangelo, love 12 lovers on Thursdays, MP3, Skype, IM, abstract the Internet, trump John Cage, trump Donald Trump, write better than William Blake, kick extra points for the Washington Redskins, skedaddle, work on Saturdays at the graveyard with a shovel (not a backhoe), run errands like a Capitol page girl, make that 14 lovers on Thursdays, use scissors better than Matisse, comprehend Derrida, feel—no, sense—Thoreau, update your own resume, read Chiang Kai-Shek, take tea with Vincent van Gogh (and Ozu), smile at Renoir, plagiarize your artist’s statement and get away with it …

Then, they will say you too were great, but not great enough, yet.

Assuming you paint with chartreuse.

Then paint pixels.

Then paint megapixels.

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About Tim Ruane

Tim Ruane is an artist and writer. He is a graduate of Georgetown University, where he studied English and art, and has worked as a chief copy editor in the editorial department of The Washington Post, where he has also worked as a freelance photographer. He has written hundreds of poems, two novels a number of short stories. His photographs have been published by The Washington Post, Simon & Schuster and The Good Men Project. He has shown his photographs at Potomac MD Public Library and is scheduled to be published in ShareArt LA, Circumfleks Magazine and Splinter Literary Journal. He will have an exhibition of his photographs in September at the offices of Prudential FedRealty in Washington D.C. Mr. Ruane lives and works in Garrett Park MD, just outside Washington D.C. USA.

Comments

  1. brianhawley365 says:
    June 10, 2012 at 5:22 am

    yes, this is good. i’m going to share this with my friends, hope you get some clicks.

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  2. artshed70 says:
    June 10, 2012 at 7:16 am

    Love this – reminds me of my stream of conscience/nonsense letters I wrote back in the day. Makes me want to write – like my favourite art makes me want to draw. Have to get into a zone to do it though.

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  3. THE unURBAN STUDIO says:
    June 11, 2012 at 12:14 pm

    …and yet, the anticipation is so thick one can almost cut it with a knife.

    What face will Artist cast to us next?

    Thought provoking

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  4. seascapesaus says:
    June 12, 2012 at 10:56 am

    This is up there with your About page. And that is better than pretty good! You are a bit sceptical about praise so I am indirect.

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