Comments on: Conversations with myself.

By: LAMary

LAMary — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 16:53:23 +0000

There’s this:

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/cezanne/sl/cezanne.commode.jpg

It’s accessible and lovely and real.

By: Catherine

Catherine — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 04:31:45 +0000

Coozledad, that is some freaky stuff! Thank you for sharing. I share his attitude that we are all in the process of dying, and appreciate how he expresses it.

I think if I were any good at all as an artist, I’d want to be exploring the intersection of art and NASA photos right now. I mean, the bits and bytes from space probes come back to Earth sooooo sloooowly, and they are usually b/w and kind of hard to really “see” when they get here. Then, people color them in ways from subtle to completely out there, and present them to the public as “data.” But if you know anything about the process, there’s a lot of human interpretation and enhancement that goes into it. Not only do I like the statement that they make about the twin notions of “data” and “art,” I just like to look at them.

By: beb

beb — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 02:05:48 +0000

I love the American Light art movement (Luminism), which focused on light breaking through the clouds illuminated a rustic, wild landscape. Kincaid claims to be the master of light or some such bull but the Luminism artists were much better, more orginal and prints should be easy enough to acquire.

By: coozledad

coozledad — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:09:11 +0000

Catherine: You might be interested in this guy’s work. Usually I like stuff done in more traditional media, but the outward simplicity of his work appeals to me.
His studio space looks like a museum tucked away in a catacomb.
http://papergraveyard.blogspot.com/

By: Catherine

Catherine — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:58:13 +0000

What ROgirl said, or (and we’re probably starting to sound like broken records here): Buy local. Especially for LAMary’s co-workers here in LA, there’s just no excuse for buying that Kincaid crap when there are so many amazing artists right around the corner. They will open your eyes to media that never would have occurred to you. And you can actually talk to them and learn about their work — most of them are really nice, interesting people, even the gallery owners. And, and, it’s actually incredibly affordable. Last and: These artists exist nearly everywhere.

By: moe99

moe99 — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:53:35 +0000

Thank you beb and Pilot Joe for the heads up on UP! Saw it and adored it.

Squirrel has been in my vocabulary for years–it gets my miniature dachshund running ahead of me, rather than me dragging him (and thus earning me dirty looks from passersby–who do not know that when we finally turn the corner to go back home he is SPRINTING fast as his little legs can go, wearing me out)

By: ROgirl

ROgirl — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 22:08:04 +0000

Thomas Kincaid is to art what cheezwhiz is to cheese, what Kenny G is to Miles Davis, what romance novels are to James Joyce, what breast implants are to the real thing. The people who buy the factory-produced canvases that are dotted with white paint are delusional if they believe it’s real art. Geez, buy a Monet print instead, not that kitsch. There’s more integrity in a mass-produced copy of a painting by Monet or Van Gogh than any of the crap that appears under Kincaid’s name.

By: Jolene

Jolene — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:42:52 +0000

I dunno, cooz. I haven’t ever talked to anyone who’s been involved in a community garden, but it does seem like a situation that could provide the context for several different dramatic and/or comedic offerings.

By: coozledad

coozledad — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:38:04 +0000

Jolene: Folks living in the suburbs could always use a vacant lot and a labor share system. Then they could sell the surplus, or give it to a food bank. Would that be anarcho-syndicalism, communism, community capitalism, or the underlying cause of a multiple homicide?

By: beb

beb — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 21:20:22 +0000

Dogs Playing Poker was one of the sight gags in “Up!”