Singer Turned Actor, 2007-2008
16 x 14"
oil, acrylic, and hot melt on canvas
This is a new painting I made. It's abstract. Any thoughts?
Matt
PS - did the meeting happen last night? Did anything come up of note? Any shows recommended?
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I like it, Matt! I think I would love to see it everyday.
Also, though, I think it's funny how you said that it's abstract. Were you being funny? I'm just wondering because you know.. email/web tone.. can never really tell.. And a lot of the work you have made in the past is abstract. But maybe you don't think of it that way?
Maybe brings up an interesting point in how we view our work and how important it is or isn't in how the work comes across. I haven't made work that I've shown anyone what seems to be a very long time, and I'm so not in the mindspace lately of thinking about how someone might take something I'm making, so maybe that's why that is interesting to me, and wouldn't be to the rest of you?? I don't know. I'm kind of exhausted at the moment.
But, tomorrow am I will send you all an email about whether or not this blog should continue. Now, I go to sleep.
Kalynihta, aghapou mou.
Matt I finished reading (the other week) De Kooning's biography (a decent sized read at over 600pgs) and I realized that the modernist mission was a worthy one. Why I say this is your mentioning of the abstract work. As I continue to think about what moves me in a work I'd have to say that if I have a response, hopefully, to be sure, a spirited thoughtful response then I like what I'm seeing. Why I mention De Kooning and modernism is that I like the notion of moving away from pictorial representation those guys were challenging. The work IS. I think much of the work then was good. I guess they moved formally, but also hit on "feeling of something" somehow. Your piece uses palette and stroke they way you do no matter how you paint. AND in this case it is (view jpeg) causing a positive response in me aesthetically. If all artists could do this (no matter what the work)INSTEAD of the tired old "look at me and my damned important shit" stuff that is going around I'd be a lot happier. IN the end solid work can be anything -- and a good viewer can feel it. This would be so much better to talk about.
Good stuff, Fred. :)
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