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Thursday, July 30th
Is memorizing a form of art?
Teaser
Does writing the theory of relativity from memory make one a math genius?
Let us distinguish between outstanding memory capabilities and phenomenon of art, as we do between crafting the rook and playing chess...
..."Stephen Wiltshire, ma main man"
Do the innate absolute criteria of fine art judge Stephen Wiltshire's art, or is it only the jealousy of one private subjective ego?
Stephen Wiltshire became famous after appearing in some TV show where he presented his remarkable photographic memory abilities. First, I would like to honestly state, that I am truly empathic and happy for his success and have nothing in person against him. He really seems like a cute guy. What I am more concerned about is the definition of art in regards to Stepen Wiltshire's abilities. I'll break this down to art's three basic components, as I perceive them.
findigart on 07.30.09 @ 03:17 PM EST [more..] [No Comments]
Monday, July 27th
HOW TO COLLECT ART-THE MOST EXPENSIVE LIVING ARTIST !!!
* INSTINCT AND INTUITION *CONVICTION *PASSION * HAVE AN (ACQUIRING MIND) * PRACTICE AND CULTIVATE PATIENCE * OBSERVE * USE YOUR IMAGINATION
A big part of the pleasure in collecting art has been the educational process and the gradual development of greater self confidence. Lucian Freud is a British Painter type: Contemporary Art, is said to be the "most expensive living artist at auction of the 21st Century "...,with a "Big Sue"painting.The painting called: " Benefits Supervisor Sleeping" sold for $ 33.6 million or £17.2 million at Christies in May 2009.The Sitter is (Sue Tilley ) and she sat for Freud over a four year period.The London based Russian oil billionaire Roman Abramovich is said the buyer of Lucian Freud's Big Sue and Francis Bacon's triptych which sold for $ 86.3 Million or £43 million. Trust your instinct especially if you want to collect art meaningfully. Meet someone who will take the time to educate you more to have confidence in your tastes and if you are a couple,you both try to get there together;Learn about different artists and have different pieces in a collection,your appreciation grows the more you look at art. Collecting is not just buying art,it is really spiritual which you have to have a 'passion' for. Is esthetics, rather than economics,is the guiding principle when assembling a great collection?However,in the late 90s,new art collectors face a bewildering array of choices. Not only they have to choose a focus -which medium,which period,which artists-in the increasing diversity of fine art but must also make decisions about budget and value in an ever-fluctuating market. I know of a budding art collector ,who saw a painting by a Jamaican master painter and paid down monthly until she finished,so, one doesn't have to have a lot of money to start collect; I say to anyone in terms of collecting an artist,it is important to collect works from different time/period as the artist progresses;
John Powell on 07.27.09 @ 11:13 AM EST [more..] [8 Comments]
Monday, July 20th
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT
So, I just got another speaking engagement for art's sake.
It's pro bono and should be fun. I'll be keynote speaker at the National Association of Independent Artists' (naia-artists.org) annual conference at the end of September. This will mark the second time I've spoken at this conference. Cool. This year, it's set for Peoria, Illinois, not the art capital of the world, but here's the thing. It's not that far away. I can drive there within a day, stay in a nice hotel overnight and maybe even see some art in a city I've never visited. What can be better? It'll kick off Peoria Fine Art Fair weekend which I won't be able to attend. Work beckons.
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s I've gotten older, I've learned to drop my preconceived notions about people and places. It's the only way to travel. You just have to get up early, pack your bags, do a little Googling, get in your car or hop a plane and GO. Just GO. I've never been to Peoria, but soon I will be able to say I have. The cool thing is ... if you're an art collector, it's not just about the art or the artists. It's really about getting out there and collecting EXPERIENCES. I usually tell people that collecting isn't just about the art. It's about being open to life and new things ... no matter where life takes you. Pack your bags, but leave your baggage.
Michael Corbin on 07.20.09 @ 04:35 PM EST [more..] [6 Comments]
Thursday, July 16th
Success and the Unconnected Artist
For those of us who live immersed in the digital world, which certainly includes you as an Absolute Arts blog reader, it is most likely nearly incomprehensible how a modern day artist, or businessperson of any sort, could not be partially, if not fully, connected in the social marketing world. Truly, these days most would think how can anyone serious about getting ahead not be wholly represented on “The Social Marketing Grid” with a Facebook page, Twitter and Linkedin accounts et cetera?
The reality is there are plenty of people with serious careers and serious career ambitions who have not and are not interested in joining the minions on the great social networking experiment that consumes so many others. Is it really possible to be successful or to grow a meaningful career without issuing a single tweet? The simple answer as always remains yes.
Barney Davey on 07.16.09 @ 03:16 PM EST [more..]
Thursday, July 9th
The Ruling Class
 Back in April 2009 a reader of my Blogs for AbsoluteArts posted the following comment:
“On the www.albertosughi.com website there is a very powerful painting called "Ruling class". Would love to participate in a discussion on that piece.” Since then I committed myself to holding such a discussion and today I will try to maintain that promise. Possibly in order to understand The Ruling Class (“La Classe Dirigente, Oil on Canvas, 165x140cm, 1965) we need to place and read it in the context of another group of works also painted between 1964 and 1965. So let’s start by examining the Historic Moment (L’Ora Storica), a work I painted at the end of 1964 and that clearly is a prelude to The Ruling Class itself.
This is a triptych, 165 by 420 centimetres, one of the paintings that most reflect if not the world of Bacon, at least Bacon’s style, clawing at the canvas, his very open way of painting first on unprepared canvas, with a great sweep of background colouring, that had a strong influence on me. I felt most attracted to three painters: Degas, Munch and Bacon. In fact, I then felt an affinity between them, even if secretly, not from the thematic point of view, but as a way of confronting the canvas, a great affinity between Degas and Bacon.
Alberto Sughi on 07.09.09 @ 11:22 AM EST [more..] [247 Comments]
Monday, July 6th
Clearly Canadian: Phil & Kat Taylor
 Phil and Kat Taylor are husband and wife art collectors. They live just outside Toronto, Canada which is a cool art city. One day, out of the blue, Phil emailed me and we started chatting about our common interest. I thought that he would make a great interview subject. He has a forthright, down to earth, yet very polite air about him. To me, this makes him "Clearly Canadian." Read on and you'll see.
MICHAEL: Hi Phil. Thanks for talking with me. You and your wife Kat (Katherine) are collectors. What got you into collecting? How did you begin?
PHIL: Well, my parents were both professional actors in Canada, so I grew up in an arts saturated environment - literature, music, acting, and of course visual arts. My early passion was photography since I could not draw very well, but I was always drawn to the fine arts of painting and sculpting. As a young adult I started to buy prints of popular master works though I always kept an eye on the contemporary scene as well. But it took many years to figure out what I really liked. We are bombarded with so many opinions and views on art that it can be very confusing. And when you start to buy original art, you really want to be sure of yourself, because it usually costs quite a bit more to buy good originals, even from unknown artists. And about 10 years ago I bought my first quality original by a fine Quebec artist named Louise Dandurand. The art dealer knew it was my first buy and could see I was nervous. When we completed the deal he said "I know it's a bit scary buying your first original, but it gets easier." He was right. I married my wife a few years after that and found that we have similar taste in art, and we have been buying new works from living artists ever since.
Michael Corbin on 07.06.09 @ 12:31 PM EST [more..] [14 Comments]
Friday, July 3rd
Packing Up & Starting Over
 Four years have gone by and it’s getting harder to keep time from slipping by. Is it age-related or just the fact that I’ve been keeping busy? I really don’t give it much thought, it’s just a fact I’m confronted with now that I’ve packed up my studio and shipped my things off to a new destination where I’ll start all over again.
In the past year, though, keeping busy had something to do with it. One of the reasons I decided to stop posting on aa was because there was too much I needed to tend to, and the lure of the ethereal world was sneakily keeping me away from the real one. But I also felt that a break from blogging and commenting might actually be a good healthy thing. Too many things kept popping up on my screen asking me to join and I needed to distance myself from my computer ‘routine’ to be able to focus on the concrete things I wanted to achieve at the studio. What’s the point of being on 8 different sites if you can’t get anything worthwhile completed in the real world to talk about?
Jose Freitas Cruz on 07.03.09 @ 11:11 AM EST [more..] [17 Comments]
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