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Antonio Cejunior · 27th September 2005, 01:35 AM

Dear Tim and Jim,

Thank you for your kind words.
Indeed the monetary value of an object, as a cell phone in gold, does not make it an art object.
But I would settle, as a first step, to see swords as decorative art.
I guess that prejudice don't allow most people to view swords at the same level as painting. I do understand it for it is extremmely hard for someone to get rid of everything which he was raised with. That is the power of culture as we understand it.
Tim, most kind of you. But while I understand "fantasy" pieces as swords from movies (I just can't imagine how vulnerable people are to what is sold to them) I believe the term I am focusing in should be contemporary swords as opposed to modern which is a period, as you know, referring to the Modernist movement.
I'll be holding a conference on the 15th. about Fire and Steel.
In fact, if we do not zoom out, we will never be able to show people how everything is connected.
I'll surely need some luck

Thank you both, gentlemen.

BTW, the catalog is available for order here

Very best

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27th September 2005, 01:35 AM	#12
Antonio Cejunior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Macau Posts: 294	Dear Tim and Jim, Thank you for your kind words. Indeed the monetary value of an object, as a cell phone in gold, does not make it an art object. But I would settle, as a first step, to see swords as decorative art. I guess that prejudice don't allow most people to view swords at the same level as painting. I do understand it for it is extremmely hard for someone to get rid of everything which he was raised with. That is the power of culture as we understand it. Tim, most kind of you. But while I understand "fantasy" pieces as swords from movies (I just can't imagine how vulnerable people are to what is sold to them) I believe the term I am focusing in should be contemporary swords as opposed to modern which is a period, as you know, referring to the Modernist movement. I'll be holding a conference on the 15th. about Fire and Steel. In fact, if we do not zoom out, we will never be able to show people how everything is connected. I'll surely need some luck Thank you both, gentlemen. BTW, the catalog is available for order here Very best