I think they are as great as i can imagine the meaning of great.
I was expecting a more abstract essence of himself, only
because that is what i imagined.
Ayn Rand would not understand that?
mando
On Dec 21, 2009, at 8:20 AM, Chris Miller wrote:
Has anyone else received the images of William's self portraits?
I admit that I was a bit surprised to find them so different from
the abstract
paintings I've seen at his exhibits.
They not only look like William, but they feel like his personality
- or
actually, two sides of his personality since the drawing and the
painting feel
quite different.
I could never mistake either one for a weasel or a whale, and do
happily
declare "Ah, that is he" in expressing that pleasure which
Aristotle says
comes from mimesis: "the most beautiful colors laid on confusedly
will not
give as much pleasure as the chalk outline of a portrait"
But how does this jibe with William's pursuit of the meaningless?
Are these paintings somehow less art-worthy because they seem more
meaningful
than his abstract works?
Is that why they were not included in his career retrospective at
the Cultural
Center earlier this year?
BTW - for what it's worth-- since I am not shy about expressing my
aesthetic
response -- I think that drawing is among the best I've seen -
and not just
among our contemporaries. It's got real power - and well expresses
that noble
seriousness of artistic purpose of which he often speaks.
And.... I'm quite sure that Ayn Rand would have liked it , too.
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