Mr Conger, Would you care to elaborate on the 'do-or-die-it's gotta-be-done mania'? Is this a version of Hvlderlin's claim that every artwork exhibits a necessity to be?
Could you also say a little more please about the other artists showing at Elm Lesters Galleries. For the most part, I am less impressed with the preponderance of figurative works. And I was wondering what an Abstract Expressionist like yourself would have to say about this, as well as the return of pop art. Many thanks On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 9:27 PM, William Conger <[email protected]>wrote: > I agree with Imago. However, the work is not authentic outsider work, in > my opinion, but does seem to exploit some of the traits common to outsider > art, such as the ephemeral materials. Leaving his work on the street for > anyone to take is not so uncommon anymore. It's one of the fairly well-worn > methods by which artists try to attract attention. > > For me, mosto f his stuff is ho-hum, not because of his methods, subject > matter, or even his late cubisto-Bacon manner, but because the works seem to > have no compelling energy. They are too complacent despite the tricky > designs. I mean where's the do-or-die-it's gotta-be-done mania? > > I think there are better artists in the gallery he shows at. > wc > > > > ________________________________ > From: imago Asthetik <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Sent: Tuesday, August 18, 2009 7:52:54 PM > Subject: Re: Rand Chapter One: Psycho-epistemology of Art > > Mr Miller, > My point was not that Neates work ought to be considered great art > (actually > I find the palette and figuration to be derivative of Francis Bacon and not > as interesting), but simply that an artist to whom one would apply the > label > 'modern (if not contemporary) artist' is working within the well defined > codes of iconographic representation. Everything from the relief created by > the cardboard, to the pose of the figure, to the facial expression, would > find a home in the cottage industry of outsider art which is icon painting. > > I am by no means an expert, and perhaps someone here could say something > more intelligent than I am able to on this subject. > > > On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 4:52 PM, Chris Miller <[email protected] > >wrote: > > > >You may want to have a look at the work of Adam Neate > > http://www.elmslesters.co.uk/index.php?pid=13&subid=26 > > He has done some work that focuses on this. > > > > > > Thanks, I.A. > > > > > > Here's something like an icon from Alexander Dubovyk: > > > > > > > > > http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_u_KW4nuKg9k/SoqheIarsvI/AAAAAAAAKsA/bKFMayqZf9U/s16 > > 00-h/alexander.jpg > > > > If he had thrown a few saintly figures into that "Golgotha", it would > > belong > > in a church. > > > > > > But the Neate pieces, even the figures with halos, would be much better > > located in a bar somewhere between a college campus and a maximum > security > > prison. > > > > The two artists express a very different "sense of life" as Ayn Rand > would > > say. > > > > > > > > > > > > ____________________________________________________________ > > Just drop it. Click here for free information on weight loss surgery! > > > > > http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/fc/BLSrjnxRbzsANV4BpJsmxp8SeMBHce > > iJBw4iz44kEcYecQFvmodb3SxSYRC/
