I found that I often give my paintings flowery titles I really like at the time, and embarassed of after, so I usually call them "The little yellow one" or "The big new one"
I've considered just titling new works things like "The big blue one" but that seems like I'm trying to be ironic. Besides, aren't "Friends" episodes title that same way? Alex >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: FLUXLIST: Re: untitled >Date: Tue, 21 May 2002 10:38:54 EDT > >I was just discussing this with a friend the other day. One, I think that >your answer carol is one part. "Untitled" gives the viewer no preconcieved >framework from which to view the piece. Also, sometimes the artist is too >close to the work emotionally and doesn't want to reveal what they were >feeling, or perhaps aren't sure what they are feeling so aren't sure how to >express it in words. What I hate is when it seems lazy. Like the artist >just >didn't feel like coming up with something. That signifies that they don't >care enough. > >Benjamin _________________________________________________________________ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com
