Category: + Concepts
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Human Condition
The tragedy of the human condition lies in the asymmetry between the destructive potential that resides in everyone, versus the handful of creative individuals.
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Examples of the 3 paths
Examples of the three paths: Suprapictorialism, Deep-painting & Neoposterism
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New Paths
New Paths Suprapictorialism: 1. We distinguish between the pictorial image and the totalizing image; we are interested in the latter. 2. Painting is not the negation of the wall, but rather the wall participates in its meaning. 3. Therefore, painting can present holes, irregularities, and other distortions. 4. The frame is open, often discontinuous, allowing…
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I’M AN ARTIST FOR SALE!
I’M AN ARTIST FOR SALE! (by Fred Ama) I used to paint sadness, I used to write for the soul. Now I’m reading the market, checking the algorithm’s target. If you want a little rebellion, I can put it in a frame. Yeah, my gallery is empty, but my wallet is getting fatter. I’m an…
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Cosmic Obsession
Cosmic Obsession: It was a one-sided collision & to this day I remain scarred+frozen… Sometimes I want to believe I’ve learned to breathe again… Just as I perceive you in everything, you are my Observable Universe!
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Opaque Draft
Fate granted me barely three dozen days before the inevitable arrived here! Nevertheless, I was still over there… Since then, this wrinkle on the map of my skin reminds me that I belong somewhere else. Fragmented & bound: repeating the same opaque draft. Then, suddenly, the canvas burst into stains of colors, and I discovered who I was.
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Mediated Art
Abstract expressionism is painting without mediation; that is, a technique without history, in the Hegelian sense… The immediate stands out, rises up, and shouts. Thus, every detail can be followed and the whole easily reconstructed!
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Only social & political denunciations?
Currently, most artists have abandoned the guided search to expand the limits of Aesthetics, but only try to make social & political denunciations.
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Today, Art is self-proposed !
For centuries Art was linked to aesthetics; then, with the mechanization of the image, it focused on denouncing socio-political issues, but only recently has it begun to propose itself… that is the great turning point!