To paint a satisfactory physical likeness of the client is an easiest part of the portrait creation. Yes this task is not about art. To create true art portrait -spiritual and physical- is an ability of a few greats. Boris Shoshensky To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Contemporary Portraits Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 06:57:28 -0800 (PST)
It's marginalized because for the 'professional portrait painter" making an artwork, as something engaged in figuring out what's possible as art now, is not the primary goal. The primary goal is to paint a satisfactory likeness of the client. Usually it's the only goal. So, the task is not about art. That reverses your analogy" the real plumbers are those who try to make art as their first goal and the others are just using the form of art to practice a craft. You've not made a big discovery of another conspiracy by museums to avoid your bias. The fact is that a lot of stuff made as if it were art is not art. It doesn't even engage the issues. wc ----- Original Message ---- From: Chris Miller <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, December 5, 2009 7:54:35 AM Subject: Re: Contemporary Portraits >Everybody who paints a portrait is a portraitist Is everyone who's ever fixed a pipe a plumber, Michael ? Here's the question that I asked to start off this thread: "Who is the last portrait SPECIALIST to be included in a major art museum?" None of the painters listed so far would qualify. Why is it so difficult for some of us to accept that the profession of portrait painter has been seriously marginalized in the contemporary art world? Perhaps "Fictions of the Pose" will help us address that question. ____________________________________________________________ Save $10 on Flowers and Gifts! Shop now at www.ftd.com/16714 http://thirdpartyoffers.netzero.net/TGL2231/c?cp=hrkY4WBIV_OGr_FnnY7C8QAAJz6c l_zTaptgNR5c8Mer1v9kAAIAAAAUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVBAAAAABodHRwO i8vd3d3LmZ0ZC5jb20vMTY3MTQ=
