I’m not a fan of abstract art or nudes, particularly… but there’s something engaging with this one. There seems to be an “atmosphere” to it that the artist somehow retained through the abstraction? Ughhh, I am not an art critic or aficionado and don’t know how to articulate it… but I can see why the tall foreheads and wanks are taken with it.
I don't get it, either, but I'll take a stab at least.
ReplyDeleteIt probably helps that unlike, say, duct taping a banana to a wall, this at least has some artistic merit. Actual people proportions instead of everything rounded off into generic human-esque blobforms, and something resembling real colors rather than soft, forgettable pastels. I can't even begin to attempt to guess at what meaning it might be trying to get across (if any at all), but it's not soulless corporate sludge or ugly for the sake of thumbing its nose at the concept of creativity - there's some honest to God effort here, bare minimum.
Sort of like that Warhol painting of the soup cans, made by a slightly different hack. Or was that a photo...? Oh, who cares.
Having studied art for a while during my demented period, I can offer an opinion. Besides, no one who actually knows what they're talking about is ever going to read this.
ReplyDeleteThe structure and proportions of the figure are accurate, as is the perspective. This brings the hapless viewer into the realist movement, which is commonly found in portraits, still life, and landscapes. In layman's terms, it has to look like a duck before the layman will declare it a decent painting. So - realism.
Then there's the colors that the artist uses. With one foot planted firmly in the realist camp, the viewer executes a second step into cubism and collage. Here we slam into Pablo Picasso and a whole stack of paintings that sort of look like whatever they are supposed to be, but according to the average blue collar worker in the museum - they don't. Pablo must have been smoking something, or whatever. Well, he was, but don't let that slow you down. Had Pablo wanted to paint a realist still life, he could have done so. Cubism and Collage work because the artist creates his painting deliberately. This is what he wants it to look like - and it does.
In this case the painter steps into collage, and uses color and shape to define the environment or atmosphere of the subject - the girl. What do the colors suggest to you? What's your initial reaction? Because, you see, if you look at the painting and you enjoy it, then it's not just a mystical smearing of colors and shapes on a canvas - it's good.
Having a positive reaction to this painting has little to do with a formal education in fine art. Rather, it has a lot to do with the viewer's intelligence. The more intelligent a person is, they more they'll tend to enjoy this painting, although they don't know quite why.
Class dismissed. Pay the man with the clipboard on your way out.
Thanks, WL. I see sunlight in that painting, either rightly or wrongly. And angles clashing with curves? And complimenting them at the same time.
DeleteLike Peanut above, this painting is speaking to me but in a language i dont understand…
Pointy boobies. That's all I get out of it.
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