I some, so called "art', the hands are not even used. The so called
artists, take a "person" of his choice
( his choice, being his only contribution) to a machine to be
photographed three dimensionally, then from that,exact reproductions
in any material in monumental sizes are made. The question or facture
or Human creativity is lost along the way some how to me. But it has
become the next popular art.
mando
On Sep 29, 2009, at 8:25 AM, William Conger wrote:
I think it's wrong to say that facture in art depends on some
overtly visible and agitated surface treatment. There is as much
facture in the most glass-smooth Ingres portrait as in the
clumpiest Lucien Freud portrait. And the argument that declares
handiwork over machine work is spurious on the face if it since
what mode of making is lacking some "machine" or tool? Tools are
extensions of the hands and machines are extensions of such tools.
Where does gradual change in degree become radical change in kind?
Where one's weak eyes loose the ability to discern marks? Or when
a prosthetic device enables -- a better lens or even a microscope
-- takes one to the absolute limit of observable evidence? Absurd?
No. Such devices are standard equipment, together with even more
exacting tools such as x-ray, in any serious art conservation
laboratory and they are all crucial to the examination of facture.
The interesting and salient question is, How does facture in a
particular artwork affect response to that work? By extension, we
can intelligently ask, How does an art era or culturally defined
group of artwork symbolize values through facture? Most certainly,
the question is not the presence or absence of facture in art
objects, but facture of what sort.
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From: armando baeza <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: armando baeza <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 10:58:44 PM
Subject: Re: Facture
The same applies to to photorealist sculpture, now so prevalent,
Also not hand made. From photo to computer manufacturing,
and into the galleries.
mando
On Sep 28, 2009, at 7:40 PM, [email protected] wrote:
The more I think about it the more I reach the conclusion that
facture
is more a cultural sign than a sign of artistic impulse. One of
the main
reasons photorealists were reviled was that their facture resembled a
photograph-was not handmade, unlike the Abstract Expressionists.
Kate Sullivan
