art & artists
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PhillyDave
“The essential doesn't change.” Beckett
He was singular in his ability to listen.
Black Swan
Abord the Yorikke!
He could literally lend an ear. :(
"google arts and culture" - whatever that means - has some crazy hi-res images of vermeer's paintings. zoom in and
be amazed.
https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/m0bw2x
his painting of the canal and cityscape is truly mind boggling. zoom in on the buildings and see how abstracted his
stuff could get. amazing. no one painted like him then or ever since.
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/view-of-delft/CgGsQh01dnFdDQ
be amazed.
https://artsandculture.google.com/entity/m0bw2x
his painting of the canal and cityscape is truly mind boggling. zoom in on the buildings and see how abstracted his
stuff could get. amazing. no one painted like him then or ever since.
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/view-of-delft/CgGsQh01dnFdDQ
Thanks. Zoomed into some VanGogh. It's fabulous. But they won't let me use the right mouse-button to download :-((
I like Vermeer's interiors much better. The way he handled light has always boggled my brains.
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-geographer/xQFs38J6ShT4nA
https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/the-geographer/xQFs38J6ShT4nA
i like the zoom in of the city cause you can really see how abstracted his painting technique was. there's no rendered detail and
it just dissolves into shapes and colours. he was so ahead of his time in so many ways.
the impressionists - and van gogh - recognised him as approaching colour and the application of paint the same way they were - 200 years
before them.
it just dissolves into shapes and colours. he was so ahead of his time in so many ways.
the impressionists - and van gogh - recognised him as approaching colour and the application of paint the same way they were - 200 years
before them.
you (and mjp) must have seen the movie "tim's vermeer?"
what'd you think of that guy's idea?
plus -
Warhol Ate Burger King in a Super Bowl Commercial, But He Was a McDonald’s Fan
what'd you think of that guy's idea?
plus -
Warhol Ate Burger King in a Super Bowl Commercial, But He Was a McDonald’s Fan
Vermeer is definitely handling his craft much more precise. He's a technician and what a gorgeous one.
What I love about Van Gogh so much ain't craftsmanship, but his vivid directness of expression.
vermeer's a "technician?" you don't think he expressed anything beyond craft in his stuff?..
van gogh had to be a master craftsman - i.e technician - in order to express himself so directly.
he worked his ass off for years to develop the skill to directly express himself in his great later stuff.
van gogh had to be a master craftsman - i.e technician - in order to express himself so directly.
he worked his ass off for years to develop the skill to directly express himself in his great later stuff.
mjp
Founding member
That was funny, but I thought they missed an opportunity there. Imagine if they'd run the whole five minute film. No one would have talked about anything else for a week. "What the fuck was that?!"
Forget the next week, they'd probably talk about it every year for the next 20 years. They only recently shut up about that fucking Apple "1984" commercial, and that wasn't even interesting.
Anyway, then I looked up the cost of 30 seconds during the halftime show and saw that showing the whole thing would have cost Burger King 52 million dollars, so I suppose I can understand why they wouldn't do that. ? ? ?
Nope. Never seen it. I will look for it now.
Not to butt in, but I think this is like comparing apples to broccoli. Or unicorns to donkeys? (If you very much prefer one over the other.) I wouldn't call either "technicians" though. They are both from different centuries, first of all. Art meant entirely different things in those contexts--again, all about context. Was Vermeer taking the same risks in the 1600s, that Van Gogh did in the 1800s? Maybe it can be looked at in that way, instead of comparing the work itself, which is so vastly different it's not even in the same stadium...
yeah you gotta see it. really interesting guy and his idea and practical application of it is pretty astounding. whether he's right
or not.
all artists are technicians. technique has to be mastered - become a non-concious element - if you want be able to express something
without (technical) restrictions.
i reacted to roni's comment cause it read like he was dismissing vermeer as a technician and craftsman while glorifying van gogh.
van gogh is one of my faves so it's not cause i don't appreciate his shit. his comment - in letter below - about "local colour" is what i meant when i said van gogh and the impressionists recognised in vermeer a kindred spirit in terms of not being interested in local colour in their work. and that was rare (or nonexistent) in painters of his era.
i just found this excerpt from a letter from van gogh to his brother -
"I would like to tell you a lot more about what Chardin, in particular, makes me think about colour — and — not making things the local colour. I think it’s splendid: ‘How to surprise — how to define the substance of this toothless mouth with its infinite subtleties. It’s made with nothing more than a few streaks of yellow and a few sweeping strokes of blue!!!’ When I read this, I thought of – Vermeer of Delft. When one sees it from close to, the townscape in The Hague is incredible, and done with completely different colours from what one would suppose a few steps away. "
edit - just found this in another van gogh letter -
"What I’m saying in this letter amounts to this — let’s try to get the hang of the secrets of technique so well that people are taken in and swear by all that’s holy that we have no technique."
or not.
all artists are technicians. technique has to be mastered - become a non-concious element - if you want be able to express something
without (technical) restrictions.
i reacted to roni's comment cause it read like he was dismissing vermeer as a technician and craftsman while glorifying van gogh.
van gogh is one of my faves so it's not cause i don't appreciate his shit. his comment - in letter below - about "local colour" is what i meant when i said van gogh and the impressionists recognised in vermeer a kindred spirit in terms of not being interested in local colour in their work. and that was rare (or nonexistent) in painters of his era.
i just found this excerpt from a letter from van gogh to his brother -
"I would like to tell you a lot more about what Chardin, in particular, makes me think about colour — and — not making things the local colour. I think it’s splendid: ‘How to surprise — how to define the substance of this toothless mouth with its infinite subtleties. It’s made with nothing more than a few streaks of yellow and a few sweeping strokes of blue!!!’ When I read this, I thought of – Vermeer of Delft. When one sees it from close to, the townscape in The Hague is incredible, and done with completely different colours from what one would suppose a few steps away. "
edit - just found this in another van gogh letter -
"What I’m saying in this letter amounts to this — let’s try to get the hang of the secrets of technique so well that people are taken in and swear by all that’s holy that we have no technique."
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This is something I hear/run into a lot: Master technique, or the rules in order to break them. I mean, in a nutshell, that's what I hear and I'm not sure how I feel about that. I am not sure one has to master everything about the entire practice of painting across the board. What if an artist had to master art in all forms? Or all genres, or all styles... I mean how vast and how limited does it need to be, and who is the authority? Not to say one should purposely stay stupid. I believe one should always stay a student until you're dead. But what makes a "Master" anyway?
I think you find your voice, your niche, and try to evolve within that through technique and expression. Why waste time with a bunch of shit you have no interest in unless you need for specific purposes. Realism may not be the most important element of a work. Total abstract expressionism may not be either, as I've seen in lots and lots of really bad art (subjective opinion, of course). Depends on what is trying to communicate or throw up onto the canvas I guess.
without going into another of my windy replies i'll just say i agree with all your points. what i was referring to specifically was mastering whatever approach you take to make your stuff.
whether it's vermeer or cy twombly, just the way they physically apply their materials.
realism is the least important element of a work. that's very clear even to me, and you've seen my shit!
anyways, it's fun to talk about.
just watch it roni, with your vermeer comments...
whether it's vermeer or cy twombly, just the way they physically apply their materials.
realism is the least important element of a work. that's very clear even to me, and you've seen my shit!
anyways, it's fun to talk about.
just watch it roni, with your vermeer comments...
Sometimes I am inclined to compare a painting with a chess position. Or a chess problem. Even though the latter has to be solved to unfold its beauty and deepness.
Last month I participated in a team competition in Denmark. The walls of the building we played in were hung with works by Danish artists. Especially a painting in the hallway drew my attention and I ended up switching between the chessboard and the painting. I won easily that day.
Last month I participated in a team competition in Denmark. The walls of the building we played in were hung with works by Danish artists. Especially a painting in the hallway drew my attention and I ended up switching between the chessboard and the painting. I won easily that day.
my favourite artist's birthday this week. bukowski is clearly part of that pack mentioned in this article...
https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/06/01/egon-schiele-letter/
https://www.brainpickings.org/2018/06/01/egon-schiele-letter/
Yeah, EGON SCHIELE is one great kickass.
Last fall, there's been an exhibition only like 80km away from me and I got a friend to drive us there.
Focus of that exhibition was on his self-portraits.
I also managed to have the publishers of the accompanying cataloque giving it to me as a review-copy for free:
Last fall, there's been an exhibition only like 80km away from me and I got a friend to drive us there.
Focus of that exhibition was on his self-portraits.
I also managed to have the publishers of the accompanying cataloque giving it to me as a review-copy for free:
good lord!!! why couldn't it have be me...
New York thrift store find turns out to be valuable Schiele drawing
New York thrift store find turns out to be valuable Schiele drawing
Would you keep or sell?
that's funny cause i thought about that all day after i saw the article. i couldn't stop thinking about it and looking
at the drawing, it's so beautiful. just look at that one continuous line along the top of the body. unbelievable.
it would cost too much to insure and we could use the money too much so i'd have to sell it.
unfortunately, some dum-dum cut it down - including his signature! - which means it's only worth
a couple hundred grand.
at the drawing, it's so beautiful. just look at that one continuous line along the top of the body. unbelievable.
it would cost too much to insure and we could use the money too much so i'd have to sell it.
unfortunately, some dum-dum cut it down - including his signature! - which means it's only worth
a couple hundred grand.
mjp
Founding member
Well it wouldn't fit in the frame they had. What were they supposed to do?
The artist's forum that I post in (yes, the one I quit and go back to) has been talking about SCHIELE lately. There's an Italian guy that started the thread and it winds up that he really likes Buk. It came up because he wanted to know what artists were somewhat similar to Schiele and someone mentioned Käthe Butcher. I didn't know about her (LOVE!). Then, I read an article/interview where she spoke about what Bukowski meant to her in her life and I mentioned this on the thread, told everyone how I had this in common with her. So the original poster talked about how he has all of his books but hasn't really read much of them because he didn't know in which order to read them. Ha. So I gave him a little guidance. I hope I was correct in telling him HoR, Women, Hollywood. For poetry, I told him to start with Tournefortia. Love is a Dog from Hell was my first of the poetry books though, and will always be my favorite. I think Tournefortia might be mjp's favorite. He can correct me if I'm wrong.
mjp
Founding member
This Rita Ackermann shirt is going on sale tomorrow at hipster doofus skater store SUPREME, if anyone feels like lining up in front of their Bowery store and paying $150 for it.
It also comes in black and white, but I don't know if that would have the same impact...
Honestly, I'd wear the shit out of that shirt. I think Ackermann's a great artist, and the shirt would certainly disgust everyone else in line at the post office or wherever else I happened to go. People see what they want to see and most people live to be offended by nothing, so they are.
But I'm not into Rayon(!?) clothes and I'm 2,700 miles from the store and I wouldn't stand in line for the privilege of buying a $150 Rayon shirt from some condescending bearded hipster cunt with fake skateboard scabs on his knees.
Other than that, I'm down.
It also comes in black and white, but I don't know if that would have the same impact...
Honestly, I'd wear the shit out of that shirt. I think Ackermann's a great artist, and the shirt would certainly disgust everyone else in line at the post office or wherever else I happened to go. People see what they want to see and most people live to be offended by nothing, so they are.
But I'm not into Rayon(!?) clothes and I'm 2,700 miles from the store and I wouldn't stand in line for the privilege of buying a $150 Rayon shirt from some condescending bearded hipster cunt with fake skateboard scabs on his knees.
Other than that, I'm down.
On a totally unrelated note, I'm selling fake skateboard knee scabs in my Etsy store.
Also real ones. Don't ask.
Also real ones. Don't ask.