[Fairview]

It astonishes me that you don't see the "emotional conflict" you seek in the winning portrait of the elderly black lady (just as one example). I find it very exciting that people ar doing work like this today.

And Lucien Freud?? Good God. Chacun a son gout.

[Nick5]

Yes, indeed, chacun a son gout! But it’s interesting to discuss and compare taste. The conflict in the elderly black lady’s case is resolved as soon as it is presented—the conclusion is foregone, and canned, like muzak. Take a look at the face of St. Matthew in Caravaggio’s painting of his first encounter with Jesus. The artist gives us no easy answer to his feelings of bewilderment, fear and awe. As for Lucien Freud—maybe I just like to feel disturbed by art sometimes. I will admit that seeing a whole exhibit’s worth of his paintings is a lot to take.