tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854293.post6560140768615170040..comments2023-03-21T10:09:34.394-04:00Comments on Brainworks: What's that Painting?Tracey Clarkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05056238100352400353noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854293.post-14853977117757263082009-04-22T17:56:00.000-04:002009-04-22T17:56:00.000-04:00Okay... I have been hesitant to comment because I ...Okay... I have been hesitant to comment because I have no art degree and I am still a novice in the art world. After reading your post twice ( okay two and a half times) I am now wishing you taught that one course in art history I took in college Tracey. You have a unique way of presenting something and giving enough information to provoke dialog and debate to get my BrainWork-ing...<br /><br />I saw my first Pollock at the NY MOMA last year. I don't remember the title and to tell you the truth, even though it was bigger than I thought it would be, I was a little underwhelmed. I think I was more impressed by the photographs I've seen of his works. This is curious because it is the opposite reaction for the other great paintings I've seen in museums. Maybe it was dingier than I expected. Perhaps they hadn't dusted it in a while with all those swirls catching the dust and dander all day. <br /><br />I agree Pollock's painting were groundbreaking because as you wrote, no one had done this before. How brave he was to even think this would be considered fine art. <br /><br />So Pollock has his place in Art History, and I guess I feel fortunate we have the newer generation of Masters' work(present company included) for me to discover and enjoy.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05599714103955686190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854293.post-7481256462721811162009-04-21T17:20:00.000-04:002009-04-21T17:20:00.000-04:00( I mean Pollock. Can't spell or type!)
Thanks fo...( I mean Pollock. Can't spell or type!)<br /><br />Thanks for your thought-provoking and interesting posts, Tracey.<br />LizL.Holmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07154266083542788127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854293.post-28536105014964372662009-04-21T14:43:00.000-04:002009-04-21T14:43:00.000-04:00Do you have to understand the artists better to un...Do you have to understand the artists better to understand the paintings? Interesting question. I've wondered the same about great writers. We are so contextually driven. All art is an abstraction. It's just a matter of spectrum. There are some photorealists who surpass mere technical prowess, in my opinion, and tap that same visceral response that great non-representational works do. I have seen Pollack's early work, and it's interesting to see his trajectory. Mondrian continued to paint the most amazing flowers in relative secret because objective painting was out of fashion. <br />I think there's room for all, and value in any work that touches some primal place in all of us. Sam's work moves beyond technical illustration to the mystical. Akiko's sphynx does. As does your work. <br />ok, gonna take my own tortured self back to my easel now, and shut up! : )L.Holmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07154266083542788127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6854293.post-44492610729192152002009-04-20T03:50:00.000-04:002009-04-20T03:50:00.000-04:00They are at very different ends aren't they? Photo...They are at very different ends aren't they? Photorealists and abstract workers. I can appreciate the skill of someone who manages to paint realistically, but I do know what you mean about photorealists who seem to trace a photograph, not exactly creative. <br />There is a lot of abstract work out there at the minute, it seems more popular than any other style of painting, maybe because people just want something to match the colour of their walls or furniture.<br />The question is why are so many artists going down this route. Is it market supply and demand? I dont think the creation of art should be like a production line. <br />Maybe it is the quest for that all important originality and the creation of something different. I think anyone with such originality as Pollock should be praised and they will be remembered. Its the same as van Gogh, such originality (my favourite artist BTW!) and he will always be remembered even though his art was never appreciated at the time. Well I will stop now i could debate this for days!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02326239573663689576noreply@blogger.com