tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200138797648475238.post6750893492742856922..comments2024-03-28T01:23:47.828-06:00Comments on BRAD TEARE: 268: Realist vs. AbstractBrad Tearehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04311014022243382658noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200138797648475238.post-129183977106498632016-02-20T13:10:32.873-07:002016-02-20T13:10:32.873-07:00I agree, Bob. I think we're in a current phase...I agree, Bob. I think we're in a current phase where mediocrity is being rewarded. Part of this is because of the Internet. When there is too much choice to be made our ability to discriminate is disabled. I think we will grow out of it. Partly because people will get sick of mediocrity. There really is no reason to pursue an art form in the absence of real growth. I think people will get that eventually.<br /><br />The pendulum will swing back again. And I Think we will have learned a lot, both aesthetically and politically.<br /><br />I like your thinking. Thanks for taking the time to share your ideas.Brad Tearehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04311014022243382658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5200138797648475238.post-89040888146855601452016-02-20T08:28:30.103-07:002016-02-20T08:28:30.103-07:00Hi Brad:
I can appreciate both. I'm not reall...Hi Brad:<br /><br />I can appreciate both. I'm not really a fan of realism at all, and abstract can be taken too far to the point where it is no longer ART, IMHO.<br /><br />I intentionally do not put any meanings into my paintings. No philosophy. No politics. No hidden messages. I simply try to create enjoyable paintings that uplift.<br /><br />It would be EASY to be contrarian and offensive in painting. Happens all the time. While I love a good political or socio-economic debate, I don't want that in my art.<br /><br />The thing is, if that's your thing...making statements...go ahead. That is anyone's right, just as mine is NOT to.<br /><br />One thing I am passionate about is that I think many forms of art are getting sloppy. Plein air for sure. Where's the study, the design, the intention, the planning? There are very few who do that when doing plein air.<br /><br />Same can be said about writing. There's a lot of slop going on. Just read MSNBC, Fox, or even Washington Post or NY Times. Or look at photography, too.<br /><br />So much of our culture today is focused on fast and cheap (emphasis on the latter). The days of studying and building mastery are gone. The days of "deserving fame" without study, without practice, without failure through the journey, are the norm. Look at the Voice or AGT.<br /><br />(Frankly, I was one of the fans of the way in which Simon Cowell was brutally honest to the cheaters, to the snake oil entertainers, to the untalented, unstudied, and ill-equipped. "But I know I'm just as good as Michael Jackson...!" Sheesh. )<br /><br />There are things I do enjoy controversy and opinion in: Graphic Novels. Reading the Watchman or V for Vendetta. Now there is a great work of art with a platform in which you can adequately communicate with. A single painting is very hard to do, though possible.<br /><br />The thing is, at the end of it all, I'm not a fan of labels or being put in a box. We are not red. We are not blue. WE don't all just like chocolate, or hate vanilla. As human beings, we all are made uniquely with unique and complicated beliefs.<br /><br />It sounds as if the conversation you had was an interesting one, IMHO. I don't see any evidences of name calling or slinging insults. Just point/counter-point in a conversation.<br /><br />Wouldn't AMerica be great again if we just did that? You say something. I listen. I consider. I offer a different view. You listen. You consider.<br /><br />What a world must be like if we had that maturity?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com