Art & Illustration of all types

Brick Gold · Mar 5, 2022

frigidweirdo said:
Like anything else, people are looking to make a massive profit out of it. So they buy things from "known artists" hoping that their investment will pay off in the future.

The problem with industrial "art" is that it is equates the notion of what is visually pleasing as an automatic admission into what is considered art. And while a piece might possess all the qualities of a painting, and creative endeavor, it is truly in the end, nothing but an excersize in geometry and mathematics, better left on an architects desk than an artists portfolio. Its there though and will always be, reminding us of what happens with soulless machine has the reigns of power.

So, a man that can paint shapes pleasing to the eye with a good grasp of spatial and color skills can basically sell a fast food paper sack for millions a day after he painted it. Is that art?

The great lesson of 20th century artists is that you can sell anything as art so long as it is visually pleasing, even a mud splatter.

frigidweirdo · Mar 5, 2022

Brick Gold said:
The problem with industrial "art" is that it is equates the notion of what is visually pleasing as an automatic admission into what is considered art. And while a piece might possess all the qualities of a painting, and creative endeavor, it is truly in the end, nothing but an excersize in geometry and mathematics, better left on an architects desk than an artists portfolio. Its there though and will always be, reminding us of what happens with soulless machine has the reigns of power.

So, a man that can paint shapes pleasing to the eye with a good grasp of spatial and color skills can basically sell a fast food paper sack for millions a day after he painted it. Is that art?

The great lesson of 20th century artists is that you can sell anything as art so long as it is visually pleasing, even a mud splatter.

Well, art is human creativity. And whether it's good or not is subjective. It really depends what you think makes for good art.

I knew a guy into photography. He takes pictures of shadows, enters competitions and things, and it as arrogant as hell about his work and others.

Really he can decide what is "good art" as much as anyone else. The discussion about what is "good art" is really half the point of art in the first place.

Brick Gold · Mar 8, 2022

The Raising of Lazarus | LACMA Collections

The Raising of Lazarus, Rembrandt van Rijn (Northern Netherlands, 1606-1669), circa 1630-1632, Paintings, Oil on wood panel, Throughout his life Rembrandt treated the stories and parables of the Old and New Testaments in accessible, familiar images.

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