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Basquiat owes much to Andy Warhol, and the other much to Julian Schnabel. On 11/1/07, Mark Weiss <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > > I'm no big fan of Basquiat--he seems to me to be a case of the > gallery world creating a commodity. But I was speaking more about > things like the urinal collection. > > It occurs to me that there's another category/term to cionsider: > fetish. I'll leave it at that for the moment. > > Mark > > > At 09:07 PM 10/31/2007, you wrote: > >Peter & Christopher, > > > >The key difference between kitsch and camp seems to me > >to be self-consciousness. Kitsch doesn't know it's > >kitsch, while camp not only knows what it is but > >craves it. > > > >And where does the middle-brow fit in with all this > >comparative discussion of high and popular culture? > > > > > >Mark, > > > >Your account of the Warhol auction was absolutely > >fascinating. I'm curious to know if anything by > >Basquiat featured in it and whether you might have > >classified it as "tag sale" stuff(?). > > > >Candice > > > >__________________________________________________ > >Do You Yahoo!? > >Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around > >http://mail.yahoo.com >