Using the model is fine with me, I use the model any time I can, if not, always,My reason for using the model is not to copy, but to 'Design something creatively new, with new relations of form , even if it means altering it's universal nature, yet maintaining it's integrity (it's essence). That, is necessary for the new design, which to me, it's the only valve I can offer to myself as an artist.
Making models after models for models sake, to me is a waste of time if one does not try to use it to create something other than another model, a 'design 'with meaning. You forced me to be honest in return, mando --- Chris Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mando wrote: > > "I think that working from one's soul will attain > better Aesthetic results > than always making copies of models and expecting > life to emerge. That's like > playing 'mary had a little lamb' over and over and > expect the classics to > emerge." > > while William wrote: > > "Every artist works with a model in mind, however > vague > or eclectic. The artist is always working for and > against some model of what art can be" > > > To put Mando's remark in context - it came shortly > after he was looking at > internet pictures of my own sculptures, most of > which (but not all) were begun > while studying a model --- the kind that takes her > clothes off and stands > still in the middle of a drafty studio. So ... I > think that is the kind of > model to which he was referring. > > Possibly Mando was just deploring the aesthetic > results of my own humble > efforts -- but I think he was also suggesting that > working from models (the > kind mentioned above) is only appropriate as an > exercise for students since > "one needs a good foundation before, in any creative > endeavor" -- which then > led him to his grim conclusion that > "I get the feeling that you really don't know as > much about art as i > thought." > > And here I would protest -- not that I know a lot > about art (especially since > I try to avoid that terrible word) -- but that the > best aesthetic results can > only be achieved without the use of models (the kind > that hold still and get > studied -- like people on a platform, or flowers on > a table, or trees and > hills out in the countryside) > > And I would assert that the use of this kind of > model is a practice that is > unique to the Western European cultural tradition -- > is especially appropriate > to the amateur (but not necessarily inferior) > practitioner -- and will > continue to be practiced, mastered, and loved long > after the quirky trends of > the 20th C. have become historical footnotes. > > It's practice is rather problematic (hare > brained?)in sculpture -- because it > is so difficult, technical, time consuming, and > especially space devouring. > > And yet with the work of Rodin and Count Trubetsky > to encourage us -- we can > charge forward! > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Make your vacation more memorable with a luxurious > vacation rental. Click > now! > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/Ioyw6ijmguiRhATOeyHEPLaiy9w7pA > wodNime5FDhVfMe8a99oVRju/
