I think that as an artist one can be intuitive in any medium, that is, I have been so in the use of the computer in performance, photos, video and flash. Also accidents that happen arise because of the artist's original intention and remain so throughout the process. This is exemplified by Picasso, in saying that he does not search but finds.
Appreciating an art work to me is one of experience and education, That is why the majority do not and cannot approach an understanding, even though there are occasions when they are taken by surprise by a force in art in being receptive unknowingly. But trying to reach a public deliberately, in any medium, I think is disastrous. The Arts Council of England's criteria for funding is exactly that, i.e. socially orientated.
My site is: www.imaginativeeye.co.uk
However there's not a good representative showing of paintings as it is primarily a site for performance.
You will find some placed in the site on several pages and on the links to blogs.
best wishes
ken
On Sep 24, 2006, at 22:47, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
What is being said in Marcs paintings/drawings is very direct, compare
with say Rothko's colour squares.
What is being said in any piece of 'art' is not always direct or clear,
does not have to be. It can be (amongst other things) formed as an
indirect consequence of the artists methodology. The artist can zoom
out/zoom in around the process such that they loose any control of what
is being said in the usual avenues. Atleast that is what recently
occurred to me that maybe I'm doing. As a general approach, not just
painting. Abstraction or something.
Ken, what's the url for your site?
james.
On 21/9/2006, "Ken Turner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
HI marc and james,
I find it hard not to paint, though it is extremely difficult to be in
a position of having something to say: and this is what I see in marc's
drawings - that they have something to say.
I have yet to find an equivalent in net art to the best in painting,
but perhaps this is because I don't know where to look or I'm just not
attuned to online stuff. Maybe this is because I have a strong belief
in the tactile sensibility of the bodily functions. And this is not to
say that I have not seen poetic expression on the net
I do work on flash for my website and find it fascinating and use the
computer for video and working things out in painting. And it's very
rewarding to be able to switch off the computer and work in the studio
and then to close the door and come back to the computer as a sort of
necessary balance of a working process: a kind of interweaving of
skills.
ken
On Sep 21, 2006, at 13:14, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Marc,
I've not been ignoring your message, just taken me a while to come up
with a reply. Had a quick look at your drawings, some are very
surrealist inspired by the looks of things, having similiarities to the
work of Francis Picabia. I've drawn quite a few images like that of
human/object constructions, but not always had the guts to show them!
(online atleast, not exhibited any of my work at all.)
I did not see what you'd written as being quite into rant territory.
I might write something more later, after the weekend, about my
thoughts/questions on net[worked] art/creativity and where maybe
painting may come into it.
James.
On 19/9/2006, "info" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi James,
Well - I think that we can enjoy creating in other mediums as well as
net art.
A while back, I created a web site of sketches consisting of work from
1986 to 1990...
even the web site now seems from another era.
tomorrow's insecurity
"sketch pads created by marc garrett during 86-90."
These images, notes, poems & rants are all from a 4 year period of my
life, 1986 to 1990. This was a crucial stage for learning. It comes
from
a philosophical place & questions life, Art, Insanity, Security,
Institutions & many other things. They are from sketch books & note
pads
that I have always carried around with me. On this site there are
numerous thoughts & images, questioning situations, events, personal &
political etc...
http://www.furtherfield.org/mgarrett/tomorrows_insecurities/index.htm
I wonder if anyone else on here has stuff that they can show (links
to)
before they explored net art, or related creativity? Hell, we could
have
an online exhibition of web art by net artists before they suddenly
turned....
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