Do you understand this art
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And this is where I believe we enter the world of high art pretentiousness and BS salesmen.
Why is it necessary to have a child like drawing to be able to convey the philosophical message?
My perception of the scene is that the paintings lack detail so they remain vague enough to surround their creation with BS, much like religion (awaits flaming..)
Art is obviously very subjective, and as someone with a technical background and an eye for detail, I appreciate art which is technically brilliant and / or visually stunning.
It's all about perspective. People pay loads for things because it was owned by someone of they did something to it even if it's trash to most people. Babby's first paint splatter is only worth something if the painting is know to many. Just imagine how much a pair of Hitler's **** stained underwear would be worth.
Or we can just say collectors of materialistic things are nuts. Yes, that is the most likely reason.
Or we can just say collectors of materialistic things are nuts. Yes, that is the most likely reason.
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I'm sat on a bloody goldmine!
Two of my toddlers latest efforts cropped from a bigger photo
Well it does depict a renewable energy source overpowering traditional fossil fuels, the resultant factor being more plants due to lower pollution levels.
Hopefully your art is an insight in to the future
Most people expect art to be recognisable, fluffy clouds, a tree, a few cherubs, that kind of thing.
Not all art is like that and not all artists want to reflect the world through one single genre of art.
These are kind of deconstructed, the artist has stood back and looked at what elements make up pictorial art and just picked one of them, like say colour. What can you do if you have only one element to represent something, you have to invent a new way of using that element.
There is a language behind all this stuff and you need a knowledge of that to understand what they are trying to do. Even then it's as vague as an Essex girl.
I'm surprised there isn't a few art students in here to clarify, I did Engineering FFS!
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Most people expect art to be recognisable, fluffy clouds, a tree, a few cherubs, that kind of thing.
Not all art is like that and not all artists want to reflect the world through one single genre of art.
These are kind of deconstructed, the artist has stood back and looked at what elements make up pictorial art and just picked one of them, like say colour. What can you do if you have only one element to represent something, you have to invent a new way of using that element.
There is a language behind all this stuff and you need a knowledge of that to understand what they are trying to do. Even then it's as vague as an Essex girl.
I'm surprised there isn't a few art students in here to clarify, I did Engineering FFS!
I'm all for weird and crazy stuff to push boundaries, I've been in quite a few art galleries and been disappointed to find 80% or more of the material in there is this type genre or something similar.
Out of interest, how many artists that can actually paint (from my POV) do this kind of art?
This for $46.1 Million.
Love Rothko.
There is nothing you have to understand. If you like it, you like it.
I cannot really take to The Hay Wain or other 'classics' as they really do little for me. However, some of the more abstract stuff may engage me a little more.
In fact, I really don't like landscapes and stuff commissioned by wealthy patrons representing idyllic country scenes, hunting and dogs. Bloody dull. However, if you do then fair enough.
Is there anything wrong with that if he does? He may appreciate that he's looking at the work directly produced from the hand of an artist he admires. In the same way people prefer to watch an original band rather than a tribute act.
You're free to think what you like.
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Yes but it obviously wouldn't have the same value.
Any expensive art piece is an investment, it's not like they're throwing money down the drain. Most are sold at auction so there'll be someone willing to pay 0.1% less than you straight away.
I really like a guy called Carl Melegari's work, he usually has a couple of pieces in a local art shop. They're normally about £2,500 and I'd really like to get a stag that he did that was very similar to this:
Incredibly 3D/deep in real life.
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Lol, that made me laugh out loud. Like those ones on Antique's Road Show...I am like really? they all look the same...but horses for courses.
And too many horses at that! It seems to me that the Stubbs-esque idealised animal life, along with representations of wealthy lifestyles, was churned out to simply make coin. Little thought, little imagination and little originality.
However, they may look great above somebody's fireplace. Or something
I didn't really appreciate art as such until I saw this at a gallery:
Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X
Francis Bacon
153 cm × 118 cm (60 in × 46 in) - it's quite big!
It just scared the crap out of me. I then read about all of the techniques used to draw it, including the vertical shuttering and boxing effect that give it that nightmarish feeling of anxiety and isolation.
I don't enjoy the painting. I guess it just taught me that it's more important that a piece makes you feel something rather than appreciating the technical skill that goes behind it. That's why I now prefer modern art to fine art.
Study after Velázquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X
Francis Bacon
153 cm × 118 cm (60 in × 46 in) - it's quite big!
It just scared the crap out of me. I then read about all of the techniques used to draw it, including the vertical shuttering and boxing effect that give it that nightmarish feeling of anxiety and isolation.
I don't enjoy the painting. I guess it just taught me that it's more important that a piece makes you feel something rather than appreciating the technical skill that goes behind it. That's why I now prefer modern art to fine art.
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That is fricking scary Nitefly !