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No, they’re not photographs: Astonishing acrylic paintings..you thought you could paint?
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| 06/09/12
| Damien Gayle
Posted on 06/09/2012 3:46:55 PM PDT by Doogle
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To: Revolting cat!
Yes - because it is attractive to the eye, created by a human being, shows a personal perspective on something, and requires artistic talent *
*these are my criteria for visual art.
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posted on
06/09/2012 5:15:04 PM PDT
by
Persevero
(Homeschooling for Excellence since 1992)
To: Doogle
There was a graphics artist in my town who designed stylish, posters, store signs, restaurant menues, wine labels, book covers, all instantly recognizeable as his, who always claimed that he was not an “artist” but an “illustrator”.
To: Revolting cat!
HereIs it art? Why or why not?
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posted on
06/09/2012 5:22:30 PM PDT
by
bigheadfred
(MY PET TAPEWORM OBIWAN IS AN INSANE MILITARY HATING LEFTIST)
To: bigheadfred
There is such a category as naïve art (Wiki: Naïve art is a classification of art that is often characterized by a childlike simplicity in its subject matter and technique.)
To: Revolting cat!
I had the original photoshop from years ago when it was outrageously expensive. I won’t go into how I got it...
but it had so many options and capabilities with lighting and colors, it was really fun to experiment with......
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posted on
06/09/2012 5:28:20 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
To: Ditter
"You are exactly right! They project a photograph onto their surface and copy it exactly. I am not impressed." Oh, it still takes plenty of skill. David Hockney wrote a book ("Secret Knowledge") about classical artists using a type of projection even back in the Renaissance. He was convinced Vermeer used a method of projection in several of his paintings.
I was just pointing out that there's really nothing new here. The article sounded like this was some new development, or something.
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posted on
06/09/2012 5:28:30 PM PDT
by
Flag_This
(Real presidents don't bow.)
To: central_va
Interesting comment...and I agree. He is a technician...a brilliant one...but not an artist. I remember back in the ‘70s, I met an ‘artist’...he was an incredible technician too...but when he said to me “I don’t know what to paint” I knew he was not an artist.
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posted on
06/09/2012 5:31:14 PM PDT
by
Pharmboy
(Democrats lie because they must.)
To: Ditter
***You are exactly right! They project a photograph onto their surface and copy it exactly. I am not impressed.***
There are companies advertizing in art magazines that they will take your photos and print them on canvas so you can paint over them.
To: bigheadfred
Just what we needed, one more crack out of you!...
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posted on
06/09/2012 5:34:37 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1236 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama is not a Big Brother [he's a Big Sissy...])
To: All
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posted on
06/09/2012 5:37:47 PM PDT
by
rockrr
(Everything is different now...)
To: central_va
My guess is Van Gogh would hate all of these paintings. Why do you have that impression?
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posted on
06/09/2012 5:38:09 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1236 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama is not a Big Brother [he's a Big Sissy...])
To: Doogle
And this? I've always regarded it as a brilliant work of political parody!
A piece of famous kitsch combined with an iconic image of social reality.
To: Doogle
I once bought an original landscape painting at a thrift shop to hang in my office, which I shared with two other programmers. I brought it in and the boss rolled on the floor laughing, saying it was a paint by numbers job.
To: martin_fierro
I had my photo taken standing next to Alexandre Cabanel’s THE BIRTH OF VENUS in the Met Museum of Art in NYC three weeks ago. I thought I was in heaven!
I would love to see Bouguereau’s BIRTH OF VENUS.
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posted on
06/09/2012 5:43:17 PM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(I LIKE ART! Click my name. See my web page.)
To: Revolting cat!
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posted on
06/09/2012 5:45:16 PM PDT
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Mater tua caligas exercitus gerit ;-{)
To: null and void
Why do you have that impression? Why, he must of known Vince personally.
To: bigheadfred
How about this pen and ink drawing of William Shakespeare by Picasso. 14 lines, a masterpiece they said at the time back in the 1960s. Others said it was just a sketch and not worth much.
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posted on
06/09/2012 5:47:51 PM PDT
by
Ruy Dias de Bivar
(I LIKE ART! Click my name. See my web page.)
To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
"There are companies advertizing in art magazines that they will take your photos and print them on canvas so you can paint over them." There are artists who print out digital copies of their work on canvas and then brush clear acrylic medium onto those prints to give the effect of brush stokes. They even charge a premium for this type of print.
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posted on
06/09/2012 5:51:09 PM PDT
by
Flag_This
(Real presidents don't bow.)
To: Revolting cat!
Why, he must of known Vince personally. Perhaps he even had his ear...
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posted on
06/09/2012 5:51:18 PM PDT
by
null and void
(Day 1236 of our ObamaVacation from reality - Obama is not a Big Brother [he's a Big Sissy...])
To: Revolting cat!
at the time, it would have sold on FR..*lol*
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posted on
06/09/2012 5:52:13 PM PDT
by
Doogle
(((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated)))
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