“Well executed and tightly rendered artwork, by skilled and competent artists, has been considered intellectually insignificant by the international fine arts community for more than fifty years… for over half a century, art connoisseurs have allowed themselves to become too self-engrossed with their relative presence in front of art to actually see the art itself, something along the conceptualist philosohy of ‘I declare this pile of sand to be brilliant, therefore I am briliant in my predication.’
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The worst thing an artist can do, when working within the conventional art world, is to load-up a piece of artwork with too much forethought and detail. Preoccupied art admirers can’t digest creative expression that requires their exhaustive investigation.”
–Robert Williams, writing in issue #56 of Juxtapoz magazine.
Shown above: In the Pavilion of the Red Clown.
“I love your show and everyone should listen.”
–Sandra Tsing Loh
“That’s kind of genius.” –Katie Herzog
“Great job!” –Russ Roberts
“This was a good conversation.” –Michael Shermer
“I don’t know what to think about that.” –Andrew Gelman
Others: James Corbett , Matt Welch , Pete Quiñones , Zvi Mowshowitz , Vin Armani
“That’s kind of genius.” –Katie Herzog
“Great job!” –Russ Roberts
“This was a good conversation.” –Michael Shermer
“I don’t know what to think about that.” –Andrew Gelman
Others: James Corbett , Matt Welch , Pete Quiñones , Zvi Mowshowitz , Vin Armani
Yet, any piece that holds a viewer captivated for a significant amount of time, I believe, works on some level. So much art is easily dismissed, one glance and you have deciphered the piece. I give kudos to any work that holds my attention, makes me explore the nooks and crannies, even if my initial response to the piece is negative, I don’t like the color, it’s too crowded, I am innately disgusted by clowns, let alone a drunk one, if that piece still has me studying the angles, the composition, the story within, I think it has succeeded in an important artistic elemental goal, it is, at the very least, discussion worthy.
It is too much! I couldn’t agree more with the post… this overwhelming, it is actually so saturated that I feel forced NOT to look at it and not go back. Whatever the artist is trying to say is far too complex and way to “in your face” to make me even care. Yes, the worst thing an artist can do…
who can really say what art is though?or what is or not considered art.personally i think its great very precise ,eyecatching mind bogglin,almost surreal like a dream or something kinda macabre in a way.the whole art world is a joke anyway.who cares what people think ,people are so quick to judge and a bunch of trendy parasites anyways ,they only like whats being exploited at a certain period of time then they move on to the next best thing ,clowns .