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I haven't followed many abstract artists, especially Picasso, who is probably the the most famous and popular. But I like a lot of what's considered (by me only, maybe) abstract art. I've always loved color; that's part of it for me, but there's also form. A lot I don't like because I don't care for the form(s) achieved....I'm not being an ass when I type this, but most abstract art-I just don't "get"...when I see something with paint splashed on it by an elephant or a gorilla, and can't tell the difference between it and a Pollock?-I'll save my money for the realists and surrealists...
...and I wasn't pre-apologizing for anything Bryan....simply to make sure my tone wasn't mis-read...emotional inflection is very difficult to discern..in the posting format, so "thank you!"...I'll add this one last time to the correct thread. It's the Roland-Me lamenting. Not exactly "abstract," because I just quicked it...and, not having worked with Realism or ratio it came out like thought gravy.
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I think I read what you meant, Scott, which is a sentiment one often hears in the art world about "abstract art"; as when one hears a person mention that they don't get surreal art, or any art which isn't "traditional". And what's traditional depends on who's tradition it's reminiscent of. To each his own....and I wasn't pre-apologizing for anything Bryan....simply to make sure my tone wasn't mis-read...emotional inflection is very difficult to discern..in the posting format, so "thank you!"...
...and I'm the same way...certain pieces in whatever media do stir my soul, but won't necessarily convert me to that "school" or style etc....because my tastes are very eclectic as well...I think I read what you meant, Scott, which is a sentiment one often hears in the art world about "abstract art"; as when one hears a person mention that they don't get surreal art, or any art which isn't "traditional". And what's traditional depends on who's tradition it's reminiscent of. To each his own.
I love Salvador Dali, while remaining after all these years almost entirely ignorant of the world of "surreal" art otherwise (some critics say Dali's religious period was not, at least in terms of his artworks, a surreal one). I have looked at a number of surreal works, and in the first place like them on principle; am biased due to my own perhaps odd sensibilities-therefore-needs.
I also love realism. Andrew Wyeth will always be one of my true favorites. And it occurs to me that Norman Rockwell's paintings are fairly realistic, and I've aways loved him, too. Bottom line for me is I like anything which I think is done well, and anything which touches me in what seems a personal way. Not all that many artists do it for me, but when they do I'm a lifetime convert.
I figured. You're an artist at heart, I think. You love what does it for you, whether a painting, a tune, a story, or whatever. What doesn't you're indifferent to, or even frustrated by; frustrated due to it trying to take a place in your heart which it can't, and getting in the way of what needs to be there....and I'm the same way...certain pieces in whatever media do stir my soul, but won't necessarily convert me to that "school" or style etc....because my tastes are very eclectic as well...
I have these Wyeths...I have that 'Dog in Bed' (Master Bedroom) Wyeth painting above my bed. Not the original, this time, damnit.
Here's a pic of me Ma with Andrew:
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Thankee, Sai Giant!...beautifully stated....
Drawing is the basis of art. “A bad painter cannot draw, but a good drawer can always paint,” said Archile Gorky, one of the leading abstract expressionists who relied heavily on his drawing skills to enrich his art and take it to different levels....Abstract Art Floral...by Megan Duncanson...
I'm sorry, I know art is subjective, and "in the eye of the beholder", but that's not art. That is just mess. Art can be many things, but surely not squeezing a tube of paing and flinging your arms about. While I am not the biggest fan of art in general, I can appreceate the effort that someone picasso or van gogh put into thier art, even if I don't care for the result.How about a thread for examples of Abstract Art? I guess the thread can include just about anything a person deems "abstract", including not only paintings nor those artists considered masters in the genre. Here's one for starters...
Lucifer - Jackson Pollock
That is just weird.
That's based on artwork from Pink Floyds The Wall.^ That first one's good.