tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post4608458393871288705..comments2024-03-29T06:25:02.082-04:00Comments on surface fragments: The Good, The Bad, And The UglyAlanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15409604820178478573noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-67453180334407486922012-12-29T08:47:57.771-05:002012-12-29T08:47:57.771-05:00Excellently put, Rob. Thank you. Excellently put, Rob. Thank you. Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15409604820178478573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-63439065415321835942012-12-22T01:56:45.358-05:002012-12-22T01:56:45.358-05:00Really amazing post,such a very nice post,thanks f...Really amazing post,such a very nice post,thanks for the review.Amber likes Antique printhttp://www.antiquaprintgallery.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-63081029256872042262012-06-20T16:21:59.471-04:002012-06-20T16:21:59.471-04:00Do bad people make good art? To be tied to such mo...Do bad people make good art? To be tied to such moral distinctions as good and bad is to be linked to a societal dogma that we, as individuals and artists, should, as daily practice, seek to challenge. You are making a judgement about Pablo based on presuppositions you have not questioned. Ones which you are recruiting us to believe in by your postulation.<br /><br />As a subject for the art biographers attention he might have been boring but as an example of a great seducer he is fascinating and worthy of many books. It is said he could reduce a woman to moist expectancy of his lust without words. His stare alone was enough to bed the most beautiful, exquisite, educated, bohemian and free thinking women of his time.<br /><br />We each observe the world through the filter of our experience.<br /><br />To some Rubens is a misogynistic sexist pig who sought every opportunity to perv over his personal fetish for BBW.<br /><br />Like a man through his endeavors? Is it necessary? Hmm... I never met either (Pablo or Rubens) but I'm confident I could find a space in my heart to like and moreover love them given sufficient wine and the right setting.<br /><br />We (artists) are not our work. We are but conduits of a higher power.<br /><br />Our work is shit, the excrement our relationship with the forces that inspire us leaves behind.<br /><br />To make judgements on a mans quality for better or worse from what is recorded on the page is a bit like the fossil hunter trying to define the table manners of a pterodactyl from it's droppings.Rob Hugheshttp://www.mrhues.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-35555768707266993582011-10-16T20:32:55.115-04:002011-10-16T20:32:55.115-04:00...or, a little knowledge is a dangerous thing...or, a little knowledge is a dangerous thingAlanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15409604820178478573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-54451282390471006912011-10-16T18:46:13.072-04:002011-10-16T18:46:13.072-04:00Karena,
Of course you are totally right. I come a...Karena,<br /><br />Of course you are totally right. I come at it from the position of frustrated layman. There are no rules, just a million different viewpoints, and that's what makes it so alive with possibilities and open for debate. <br /><br />Thank you all for your input. Like Homer (Simpson, that is) says of himself "I'm dumb but I know I'm dumb, and that almost makes me smart."Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15409604820178478573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-68589785680621099952011-10-16T17:51:22.982-04:002011-10-16T17:51:22.982-04:00Ah Alan, the age old question also arises, "W...Ah Alan, the age old question also arises, "What is art" Then what is good art? Many people probably disliked Jackson Pollock. Why didn't Van Gogh ( and many others whose art now sells for millions) not sell during his own lifetime?<br /><br />I love art and the discourse it brings.<br /><br />Xoxo<br />Karena<br /><br />Art by KarenaKarenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206642885608991170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-36140845454627010992011-10-16T13:24:25.519-04:002011-10-16T13:24:25.519-04:00Ezra Pound was a scumbag by all accounts: An anti-...Ezra Pound was a scumbag by all accounts: An anti-Semite, a misogynist, the works. Oh yeah, and also a genius. <br /><br />Allen Ginsberg, who was obviously not an anti-Semite, says he learned everything from Pound. <br /><br />How does that work? How can it be that you can learn something from a scumbag?<br /><br />Artists learning from Artists is the same as Children learning from Parents. When we say "my Daddy told me to do X so I did it", then it still belongs to your Dad. But when you say "I saw my Daddy do X, I tried it and it works," then it becomes yours. <br /><br />It's the "I tried it and it works" that makes it possible for Ginsberg to learn from Pound. It now belongs to Ginsberg. Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15409604820178478573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-7947782237316359562011-10-15T20:06:57.603-04:002011-10-15T20:06:57.603-04:00There's a lot to comment on here, Alan. Settin...There's a lot to comment on here, Alan. Setting aside ugly art (and you've chosen a perfect image to make your point), I'm dismayed when I see art that could be great but for lack of attention to the finer, finishing details. That might be a partial definition of craftsmanship. At any rate, I'm seeing less and less craftsmanship when I look at the work of younger artists.Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-729872479519980598.post-8012457060914489872011-10-15T15:17:09.498-04:002011-10-15T15:17:09.498-04:00You are playing with extremely deep issues there A...You are playing with extremely deep issues there Alan. our text is very interesting, well written. I have jsut read a great book about contemporary art ( Paris- New York aller retour by Marc Fumaroli, not sure its has been translated in english yet). I now have a better vision of all these problems but this whole thing is an uphill battle, in Europe specially. Ugly art and huge artists egos are the symptoms of our common lack of courage and impossibility to deal with the mystery of Beauty. <br />Thank you for this post.PA74https://www.blogger.com/profile/04342796008081342481noreply@blogger.com