I was attracted to distortion in art, because of my teacher, Henry
Lion's
advice, but never wanted to take it to an extreme like Picasso that i
knew
then. I had not been aware of his earlier work until latter on.
mando
On Apr 10, 2009, at 6:21 AM, Chris Miller wrote:
Too bad Picasso didn't answer!
But, I don't understand why you asked Picasso about the meaning of
"aesthetic"
instead of someone else.
Was it just because you were especially interested in Spain and
Picasso was
the best known Spanish artist - or did you disagree with your
friends, and
have a strong affinity for some of his works ? (if so.... which
ones ?)
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Actually, it was in the late late forties when i finish art at
Otis Art
School, in Los Angeles. During the middle thirties our family
always toned in
to the Spanish News in LA radio, so we followed the civil war in
Spain on a
daily basis. I distinctly remember the daily phrase "bombardiaron
Madrid", and
all the details, before leaving for school every morning. So my
interest in
Spain and the popularity of Franco's close ties to German Fascismo
was always
in my mind. Picasso was not well thought of in my circle of friends
But,that was when the word "aesthetics" had a mystery sound to it,
which was
not clarified even after two semesters of Philosophy in college.
I struggled with it on my own till I was satisfied with my own
conclusion. My
Mother was no help in translating the word aesthetics in spanish
when I wrote
to Picasso, but it was pretty close to what i now know as astetica.
I wanted him to tell me If i understood the meaning i had been
preaching to
myself since those days. I send it to a City in France i don't
recall. He
never answered. I think the between Picasso,Henry Moore, Naguchi
and my
pre-columbian Nayarit, Mexico west, is quite enough for this me.
mando
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