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Friday, May 7th

Abstract Paintings : The Reality of Abstract Art Philosophy



We've all heard the criticisms: "People paint abstracts because they can't draw," and "My four year old could have done that." I even heard the art-nazi host of Oregon Art Beat, K C Cowan, make the former statement and she should know better than this! Of course, the fact that she hosts a show about art doesn't mean she knows jack about art, does it? No, it's just public television. Obviously she has no understanding of abstraction whatsoever, and that is truly pathetic.

I am not exclusively an abstract painter, but my abstract work is far and away the most difficult and challenging of my painting projects. Creating the exact work of my vision can be frustrating in the extreme, and anyone who says that I must do these difficult works because I can't draw is an idiot - or at least knows nothing of my body of work.

Drawing is an entirely separate skill; what is required for abstraction is a new way of thinking. As for the halfwit who might say their kid could do it, I say, bring it on! People make statements like this can't produce, because while anyone including your no-talent kid can slather some color on paper, it still doesn't meet the criteria of good art until it is arranged and juxtaposed so as to produce an appropriate mind effect.
Pagani on 05.07.04 @ 07:14 PM PDT [more..] [2 Comments]



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