[Milton-L] Attacks on Milton and Civility on Milton-L

[Yuko Nii]

Sorry to add another email. Roy Flannagan defames me personally and my  
museum. We are a not for profit organization. We do not sell art. I am  
opposed to the association of art and money that has lowered standards  
and I oppose the idiocy of the so called  “avante-garde.” Please see  
my essay on A New International Surrealist’s Look at Progress,  
Overcoming and the Irreversibility of the Avante-garde, Massurrealism  
and The Death of Art: http://beinart.org/info/essays/terrance-lindall-avant-garde.php

If we all got our facts straight, as scholars are REQUIRED to do if  
they wish to retain their reputations, we could have a civil  
discussion. You can attack my stated ideas. But at least find out what  
we are a;ll about. .

Terrance Lindall
On Sep 29, 2008, at 10:37 AM, FLANNAGAN, ROY wrote:

> This is a list that I helped to found, alongside Kevin Creamer,  
> many, many years ago, and I certainly value its usual civility and  
> intellectual integrity.  John Leonard's suggestion to send only one  
> message a day (which I just this minute violated) is a good one, and  
> I admire the suggestions for moderate and cool-headed interchanges  
> from Gardner Campbell.
>
> When I saw the NY Times review of the Williamsburg show, I was  
> affronted by the unjust picture of Milton put out as truth by  
> Charles McGrath, and I admit I felt immediate distaste for what  
> others have called the ugly sculpture that illustrated McGrath's  
> provoking article.  I did want to go on the attack, because "our"  
> poet was being unjustly defamed in print in an article in one of the  
> best-respected newspapers in the country.
>
> I continue to believe that Milton has been defamed and devalued in  
> the process of celebrating him at a pop art birthday party in New  
> York, and I do think it is our business at least to correct the  
> misapprehensions that seem to be promoted by the continued  
> publicity.  Of course we are playing into the hands of a publicity  
> machine designed to make money for the gallery owners and the  
> "artists" on display there, and that is a sad and fallen process, as  
> we well know from studying Paradise Lost.
>
> Roy Flannagan
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