I’ve just added a couple more abstract photography images to my portfolio. I was going to add a few more, but then questions formed in m…
I’ve just added a couple more abstract photography images to my portfolio. I was going to add a few more, but then questions formed in my mind. I create abstract photography and yet draw and paint with a very high degree of realism – photorealism in many cases. What on earth does that say about me as an artist? Or as a person for that matter? Am I just striving for balance in expressing my creativity (being a Libran thats quite possible), or am I just plain weird (quite possible as well)? To be successful as an artist (painter or photographer), those in the know claim that you must specialise, find a niche and develop it. I read a quote today that has resonated with me all day – “Art is not in the eye of the beholder, Art is in the heart of the artist”. Can’t remember who said it though. So. I guess I shall continue to follow my heart, because to do otherwise would be like denying part of me. LOL – maybe I will be a trailblazer in the artworld and create my own Abstract Photography-Realistic Painting niche.
A Picasso cost tens of millions. A Monet is more. And as for a Vermeer, his work is literally priceless. Rational, moral aesthetic sup…
A Picasso cost tens of millions. A Monet is more. And as for a Vermeer, his work is literally priceless. Rational, moral aesthetic supporters of the arts accept this. They covet this art. In their own homes they have maybe a Hockney, Hopper, Magritte or lesser Picasso. Is this art valuable because it is beautiful? No, long ago it lost touch with this basic connection. Certainly it is beautiful but no more beautiful than much other art. Only an absolute expert can separate a good forgery from the original. The art world freely accepts value is unrelated to merit. It is determined by artistic scarcity. Only 35 Vermeer’s have been painted, therefore their value is astronomical. BUT … at the heart of this is a deep, unconscionable immorality. I get pleasure out of my art because others don’t have it. This is no different from me getting more enjoyment out of my food because others are hungry. I am no longer appreciating beauty or the artistic sensibility I am simply valuing what I have by what others do not. This is the unacknowledged, wicked pleasure of the art collector – and of the art world. It is not the way nature celebrates beauty where the flowers cascade with reckless abandon. It is not the way of the writer where endless reproduction never diminishes value. And indeed it is not the spark behind the original where beauty was captured only to be shared with deep generosity. And I love an art that is gloriously unreserved in its giving. Christo and other great public art moves me for this reason. I am hoping we at RedBubble will find ways to collaborate on great, generous art works that can never be priced.
Today the Australian National Gallery celebrated its 10 millionth visitor since 2002. I thought good on them. And then I began to feel a …
Today the Australian National Gallery celebrated its 10 millionth visitor since 2002. I thought good on them. And then I began to feel a little less charitable. Australia’s National Gallery, the Metropolitan Museum in NYC (I believe the most visited museum in the world but may be wrong), the Tate in London are great institutions. As are there counterparts in many other countries. Upon them are showered millions of dollars of citizen’s money and the establishment elite fight tooth and nail get on their boards and help choose which dead artist is next for sainthood. And having said all that, I am sure they do some good. But, shock, they are relatively small beer. Currently RedBubble is, according to Alexa, the third or fourth most popular art site in the world. Not bad considering we have only been going for a little over a year. AND we get about 40,000 visitors a day. How does this compare? Well the National Gallery gets 4,520 through its doors each day, MOMA in NYC gets about 5,000 and the Met a little over 14,000. So LETS get serious here. The real action in the art world is happening online – at RedBubble, DeviantArt and the other top handful of serious sites allowing people to engage in creativity and share their art. Yes, we all love sitting in front of dreamy Monet but that is a once a year (or once a lifetime) event. The everyday, transforming, life-changing art is happening in our loungerooms and studies and being shared with each other across the Internet. And that is a good thing. And the established art world will catch on …. Eventually. by Martin Hosking (aka Pilgrim)
The issue of plagiarism — the intentional or unwitting presentation of another’s ideas as one’s own — i just thought i would throw …
The issue of plagiarism — the intentional or unwitting presentation of another’s ideas as one’s own — i just thought i would throw this out there to see what your thoughts are on this… In the worlds of Music, Art, Fashion…......well, across the board really, some say….......see it as a form of flattery….. that your work is envied to the point where others would want to copy you… what are your thoughts, have you ever experienced this and do you/would you find it flattering?
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