Yeah, that practice goes back to the early 1960s and minimalist painting. Jo Baer was one who did that. Some artists did it to declare the "objecthood" of the artwork, opposite to the still dominate view that the material object is a fiction, that the concept is the true object. But some artists still do it because they think it's cool. Usually they are the amateurs. I agree with your appraisal.
WC --- On Thu, 10/2/08, Michael Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Michael Brady <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Marks on Canvas > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 11:25 AM > On Oct 2, 2008, at 9:42 AM, William Conger wrote: > > > When artists decide to crop their own work after > painting, they are > > expressing the fact that the work is not done until > that point and > > also they are saying in effect that the composition is > "created" by > > the framing or cut edge. Considered first or last, > the framing edge > > is critical to composition. > > I've noticed a bit of an odd, minor trend locally. > I've seen a number > of unframed paintings in which the artist paints the image > around and > onto the side. The canvas wasn't painted loose and then > stretched > around the frame, so that remnants of the original painted > surface > fall onto the side, but that are painted after the plain > white canvas > was stretched. I really dislike it, it looks goofy as hell, > it's a > gimmick, and it has the effect of moving those four first > marks around > the bend. > > > | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | > Michael Brady > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
