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... created with just a permanent marker and a LOT of time
DailyMail ^
| 10th December 2011
| Daily Mail Reporter
Posted on 12/10/2011 12:18:30 PM PST by Daffynition
They may look like the sketches of a madman with too much time on his hands.
But these stunning landscapes are in fact a labour of love for German artist Heike Weber - who used permanent marker pens to draw on acrylic floors and walls
The art installation series, called Utopia, has transformed a dull and dreary apartment in Neumünster into a surreal landscape of visual depth and complexity.
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To: Daffynition
That being the case, I think this artist [whether you like her work or not,] has made it. In spades. Great. On the other hand, what shall it profit a man, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his mind? I do seriously think this artist is disturbed. How is it even possible to fill up all that space without a unifying statement? Oh well, I guess the answer lies in simply downgrading the creator from artist to wall painter. He filled up space. That's all.
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posted on
12/14/2011 6:40:49 AM PST
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giotto
To: giotto
Over the years, I have rubbed elbows with some pretty commercially successful artists. Perhaps you have heard of them? Sol LeWitt, Sandy Calder, Norman Rockwell, Eric Sloane, and Andrew Wyeth.
I can assure you that their respective wives played important business roles in the *ugly* promotion of their husband's art. Mostly insulating the husband/artist from the distractions of marketing, Respectively, Carol, Louisa, Molly Mimi and Carolyn did just that. I don't think anyone sold their souls b/c of it. I don't have time to argue with silly people who are trying to make a silly point.
>>How is it even possible to fill up all that space without a unifying statement?<
Line? Rhythm?
Good luck with your art and have a very, very Merry Christmas. :D
Other Famous *wall painters*:
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posted on
12/14/2011 9:02:23 AM PST
by
Daffynition
( *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
To: Daffynition
I don't have time to argue with silly people who are trying to make a silly point. If you're going to equate Da Vinci and Thomas Hart Benton with the meth head who filled half an acre of wall space with uninspired scribbling, then I don't have time for this.
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posted on
12/14/2011 1:58:43 PM PST
by
giotto
To: giotto
Meh. Prove your silly accusation that Heike Weber is a meth-head...otherwise I'll chalk it up to *your* problem, which is a severe case of ...
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posted on
12/14/2011 5:40:21 PM PST
by
Daffynition
( *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
To: Daffynition
Granted, I don't know that she is a meth head. Let me just say that her stuff looks like it was done by a person who has far more time and energy than talent or ideas. I saw plenty of psychedelic art in the 60's, created by people on various mind altering substances, and most of it was more edifying than Weber's stuff. All she does is fill up space, with no critical eye to the final effect. It's as if she just said, "I think I'll just fill up this space," and then proceeded to do it. That's not how the artistic process works. You start with an idea, and the idea spawns other ideas, and the materials and chance contribute, and you take a look and see what's happening, and then you adjust the design and keep stepping back to reassess, etc etc. I see no such involvement in these pieces. They're just doodles that metastacised to fill all available space, reproducing like cancer cells, with no variation or differentiation.
Still, as you pointed out, she managed to get some attention, so at least from her point of view, it wasn't a complete waste of time.
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posted on
12/14/2011 6:37:48 PM PST
by
giotto
To: giotto
Your lack of intellectual curiosity astounds me.
http://www.illiteratemedia.com/featured/64
http://www.heikeweber.net/
You're lazy if you didn't find [above] with a few quick clicks...within seconds.
You come across as silly and very possibly a fake, phoney and a fraud; AKA, intellectually dishonest.
[I won't mention your lie.]
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posted on
12/14/2011 9:22:05 PM PST
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Daffynition
( *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
To: Daffynition
What makes you think I didn’t check out her art? I looked at about 30 different works, and not one of them impressed me. But hey, if that stuff floats your boat, enjoy. There is no accounting for taste.
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posted on
12/14/2011 9:31:01 PM PST
by
giotto
To: giotto
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posted on
12/14/2011 9:42:26 PM PST
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Daffynition
( *Socialism, has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore it*)
To: Daffynition
LOL! So that’s what those saints were thinking.
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12/14/2011 9:48:51 PM PST
by
giotto
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