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Painting When Painting was Dead

Submitted by Sir Joshua, Feb 15, 2007 08:30

'Many of these disheveled yet sparky paintings...' I loved that sentence. It describes so many of the people invloved in the movement. Dehumanised and godless. The legacy of doodling. What we have here is the deification of nihilism.

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The picture of the painting above is a good example of a nice abstract painting, it has order & coherence,... [MORE]	Aloha	Sep 14, 2007 11:50
'Many of these disheveled yet sparky paintings...' I loved that sentence. It describes so many of the people invloved in...	Sir Joshua	Feb 15, 2007 08:30
An apotheosis perhaps. Art held up to the gods by the critic. I've held similar concerns with a curator (... [MORE]	Terry Kosick	May 14, 2007 02:59
I write these words in earnest and not as a snipe. You mention your 20 year old abstract work vs.... [MORE]	Sir Joshua	May 14, 2007 08:19
I stepped back after creating the abstract work when its evolution of that particular form depleated. I wanted my work... [MORE]	Terry Kosick	Nov 10, 2007 03:56
Sort of Andy Warhol (early) meets Otto Dix. I'd hate to have to 'create' a new way of looking at... [MORE]	Sir Joshua	Dec 1, 2007 22:10

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