On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 1:59 AM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2012 at 1:06 AM, joseph berg <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 3:55 AM, William Conger <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> On the other hand...(no pun intended).... >>> >>> The contemporary art now being shown at the big and glossy art fairs is, >>> taken >>> as a whole, is well crafted, sometimes exquisitely so. Such art often >>> results >>> from specialized assistants, machines, and engineering expertise and is >>> most >>> evident in conceptual sculpture and painting. In fact, the world of >>> contemporary painting is now going through a phase of very tricky >>> craftsmanship >>> with almost magical technical results. There's a very high degree of >>> theatricality and self-consciousness in this work. Paint splatters and >>> drips, >>> for instance, (now very popular in bright colors), seem to be >>> pre-planned for >>> best effect, probably practiced like a ballet step over and over before >>> being >>> 'performed' on the canvas. In the old days of abstract expressionism, >>> splatters >>> and drips were popular, of course, but then it was because they were the >>> natural >>> result of furious 'action ' painting, not pre-planned. It's hard to >>> decide >>> what's worse, the loss of basic skills in art-making or the exaggerated >>> display >>> of superhuman (read machined) polish and refinement. If we look to art >>> history >>> for help, it's plenty clear that the low points occurred when technical >>> polish >>> reached an acme whereas the times of low skill always signaled a >>> forthcoming big >>> change in worldview. >>> >>> As far as I am concerned, once the technical problems have been >> "solved," then art becomes all about style over substance, i.e., the >> gilding of inspiration. >> > > According to the following: > > - Technical perfection isnt perfection per se, because that slight bit of > imperfection humanizes an image and gives it personality. > > > http://blog.mingthein.com/2012/05/15/balancing-content-and-technical-perfecti on/ > According to the following: - Chinese ceramic technology developed to a climactic level in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. New and more sophisticated colours appeared, including pink... In general there was increasing perfection and formality. These trends did not appeal to Japanese taste...[which] was for more rustic and technically imperfect tea wares. Traditionally the Japanese have shown very limited interest in Chinese porcelain produced after 1644. http://books.google.com/books?id=wc4gpvL6-wAC&pg=PA181&dq=perfection+chinese+ art&hl=en&sa=X&ei=zpnNUI73LOK6igKqz4GgCA&ved=0CDwQ6AEwATg8#v=onepage&q=perfec tion%20&f=false
