Is Tupac Corny?

The Batlord · 09-18-2019, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

There's also circle too, it has nice colouration, interesting sort of spacial placement, a cold simplicity, and I didn't know who the artist was.

Quit being so insecure.

Yeah basically. It reminds me of that XTC cover which is neat.

~~jwb~~ · 09-18-2019, 08:26 PM

Nah it sucks

~~jwb~~ · 09-18-2019, 08:27 PM

This is the red canvas incident all over again - if you have to explain why a seemingly boring painting is good, then it's actually not good

**Frownland** · 09-18-2019, 08:28 PM

To be fair, I've seen some pretty good stock prints in waiting rooms.

**Frownland** · 09-18-2019, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

yeah but that's trippy and cool when you think about it

there was a whole Art movement about picking up stuff you found, putting it in a gallery and saying "this is my Art"

the context can be even more important than the piece itself

True. For example, the context of modern found artists being in an art world that embraces them makes their work seem as derivative as a still life.

~~jwb~~ · 09-18-2019, 08:30 PM

I've seen mass manufactured art in sale in Walmart that is better than blue triangle

~~jwb~~ · 09-18-2019, 08:31 PM

Let me think about it and then reiterate it so you will finally admit I'm right

**Frownland** · 09-18-2019, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb

if you have to explain why a seemingly boring painting is good, then it's actually not good

Arbitrary standards of art are whack.

The Batlord · 09-18-2019, 08:39 PM

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Originally Posted by elphenor

yeah but that's trippy and cool when you think about it

there was a whole Art movement about picking up stuff you found, putting it in a gallery and saying "this is my Art"

the context can be even more important than the piece itself

But if the point of the piece is to show what just anyone could potentially do then the painting would have to be able to stand on its own without context because if it were in fact a painting by Joe Sixpack who didn't have any of that context behind it then the only thing there to be interpreted would be its visual appeal. So if the visual appeal amounts solely to "kinda neat" then the painting still only amounts to "kinda neat" but even worse because it fails to showcase what it's trying to showcase.

~~jwb~~ · 09-18-2019, 08:40 PM

It's not that arbitrary.

In terms of painting, it's visual the same way music is audio. You shouldn't need an explanation for why a song is good to like it. Either it sounds good or it doesn't. Same way you shouldn't need an explanation for why a painting is actually brilliant.

It's a visual medium. If the visual doesn't capture it then the painting failed do what it's supposed to.

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09-18-2019, 08:28 PM	#144 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,548	To be fair, I've seen some pretty good stock prints in waiting rooms. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x

09-18-2019, 08:26 PM	#142 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	Nah it sucks

09-18-2019, 08:27 PM	#143 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	This is the red canvas incident all over again - if you have to explain why a seemingly boring painting is good, then it's actually not good

09-18-2019, 08:30 PM	#146 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	I've seen mass manufactured art in sale in Walmart that is better than blue triangle

09-18-2019, 08:31 PM	#147 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	Let me think about it and then reiterate it so you will finally admit I'm right

09-18-2019, 08:40 PM	#150 (permalink)
~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	It's not that arbitrary. In terms of painting, it's visual the same way music is audio. You shouldn't need an explanation for why a song is good to like it. Either it sounds good or it doesn't. Same way you shouldn't need an explanation for why a painting is actually brilliant. It's a visual medium. If the visual doesn't capture it then the painting failed do what it's supposed to.