On Sep 24, 2010, at 1:17 PM, David Thomas wrote: > Hi Marsha & Platt, > >> [Marsha quoting Francis Bacon] >> "I've made images the intellect would never make." > > But the bigger question is does he mean or claim that the "intellect" is > completely divorced from the process of creating art? > > I don't think so. Ever. Even if we consider only Zen sumi-e or Jackson > Pollack paintings somewhere in the process abstract concepts or ideas (the > intellect) enters into the process. It is in the artist's interest to > suggest this "sans intellect" approach as it can add mystery, and hopefully > value, to what they do. > > Dave
Hi Dave, I think what he meant was stated in another quote, "You come in with an overall image which you don't want to define except through working towards it. . . Yes, it's a risk." One would start and then allow application with feedback to move you forward. No preliminary drawing or plan to work towards. That seems perfectly honest way of working, and he seemed very honest. So simple. And I liked when he said, "The paintings should be a re-creation of an event rather than a reproduction of an object." An event. Sounds like Quality. But geez, I don't want to intellectualize such a beautiful, straight-forward expression of his method. Marsha ___ Moq_Discuss mailing list Listinfo, Unsubscribing etc. http://lists.moqtalk.org/listinfo.cgi/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org Archives: http://lists.moqtalk.org/pipermail/moq_discuss-moqtalk.org/ http://moq.org/md/archives.html
