joshua davis bashing by CR
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- woodyBatts0
I have been following Josh's work since 2000. Back then I was an undergrad, then went to get my grad degree in interactive arts, at the time everyone was "poo poo" ing flash, decreeing director the better piece of software. However the one thing I loved about flash was that it was a piece of software that had a following and community. It is no mistake friendster came a year later.
After grad school I was so disillusioned by all the critique that art school brings and since I was a fan I saved up my money and went to New York for a week and took his class. In the class Josh talked more about drawing, Cy Twombly and color theory then wax poetic on design hogwash.
His class inspired me to pack up my life, and relocate to New York and pursue a life as an artist ( my dream ) because I believe that a lot of people fail to notice is whether you like his work or not, or even if you have grown past it ( how many of us can really look at the Mona Lisa and not roll out eyes? it doesn't mean it's not brilliant ) is that he is a modern working artist.
Hemingway said "critics are those who come down afer a battle and kill the survivors" his work deserves critique, but going on and on about screensavers kind of misses the point in my perspective.