MartinDEpstein on thu 21 feb 02
Is in true that the grotesque is often an element in art because =
if
things were just pretty they would be shallow like "Barbie"? =
I am a funtional potter (sometimes I don't funtion all that well
but my pots do) and I notice that the pieces that I like the best aren't
perfect- they have more to say than just being pretty functional. There=
is a line here or a little nub of clay there that you may not notice at
first but each time you use the piece you discover something new about it=
. =
I leave that stuff for others to find; it is like an adventure in
communication. =
But I love beautiful things like how about those Japanese screens=
with irises. I don't think there is anything grotesque there so why does=
that work so well? I could lose myself in looking at those.
And I hate hate hate disembodied hands and feet in sculpture or
weird ugly sick clay sculptures of humans with things coming out of their=
brains even if they make me have a thought I never really want to look at=
them any more than I have to as in perusing Ceramics Monthly.
Can anyone out there express this or explain this better? Or
disagree or validate? =
Francine
in balmy (52) Morris Plains where we finely got some much needed
rain
And why do some of us give weather reports at the end of our posts? I
think it is inspired by Joyce in the Mohave which sounds so exotic compar=
ed
to New Jersey which is mostly not like what you see on the turnpike but i=
n
the northwestern part is more like upstate New York. I am defending our
title as the "Garden State"
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