Paul - I'd say it's some of the critics who are stuck with tunnel vision and largely
copying each other. They classify and hem things in by terminology, so I can do the
same to their trade. Stereotypes deserve stereotyping. "Modernism" has run so amuk
trying to come up with something new all the time that it's come full circle more than
once. But this is what you've gotta do if you want to sell tickets to a modern art musuem venue. Everybody knows the game, even the curators (at least the one's I've
known knew it was a game too - they were a lot sharper than the invevitable groupies). "Success" is a very plastic term. Seems like the standard some of you are
using is pretty shallow and mercenary.