Craig Clark on wed 25 may 05
Taylor from Rockport wrote:
>Cudos to the old fart.
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>hint) today who asks the question "Can a brick be a work of art? How 'bout
>a bunch of bricks?" I'm too stupid to answer those questions.
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Taylor, my grey matter is equally overtaxed on this question but if you
are interested read about the work by the late/great ceramic artist
Robert Arneson. Here's a link to the site which gives a very well
written overview....http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/3aa/3aa476.htm
Here is a pasted excerpt which directly addresses the subject in
question. ".His choice of the brick to represent the legacy of ceramics
is another form of self-defense and critique. To him, the brick was the
foundation of Western civilization happily bereft of any art. As the
longest standing motif in his work, it varied from the preciously
painted /Painted Brick/, 1976, a possible maquette, to plain bricks with
hidden natural elements -- a comeuppance to Carl Andre's site-specific
piece of 137 bricks purporting to separate matter from depiction. When
Arneson saw an intriguing rubble of bricks, he made the historic
tableaux, /Model for 'Fragment of Western Civilization/', 1972. With its
sculptural fragments that include Arneson's face, like a "shattered
visage," the final sculpture has frequently been connected to Percy
Bysshe Shelley's poem, /Ozymandias/, and its invocation "Look on my
works, ye Mighty and despair!" /Fragment of Western Civilization,/ 1972
(Collection of the Australian National Gallery in Canberra), is true to
the maquette's forms and measures 41 x 120 x 120". It anticipates
installations of the next decade and bears bricks with Arneson's imprint."
The piece was written by Signe Mayfield. If you have a chance and are
not familiar with his work either cruise the net or go to your favorite
library and check out one of those coffe table sized books with full
color glossy's of his work. He had a unique wit and perspective.
Craig Dunn Clark
619 East 11 1/2 st
Houston, Texas 77008
(713)861-2083
mudman@hal-pc.org
Taylor from Rockport on thu 26 may 05
Hey Craig and Claytown,
Thanks for the link and the invite to surf for Robert Arneson on the web.
I'd be a poo head were I not at least passingly familiar with RA and some
of his work. After reading a few sites on RA, I'm ashamed to admit that
I'm still an idiot when it comes to his stuff. I'm not so funky after all.
BTW, since he's called a sculptor by most (ptui ptui) does that mean that
I don't have to listen to him? :P
BTW deux, I always thought bricks were for houses, windows, or bags full
of kittens.
Taylor, in Rockport TX
On Wed, 25 May 2005 10:22:51 -0500, Craig Clark wrote:
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>Taylor, my grey matter is equally overtaxed on this question but if you
>are interested read about the work by the late/great ceramic artist
>Robert Arneson. Here's a link to the site which gives a very well
>written overview....http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/3aa/3aa476.htm
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Louis Katz on fri 27 may 05
A brick is a work of art. So are styrofoam cups. So are paintings. So
are functional paintings (road signs and oil cloths).
So is this, and if you made that, it is too.
Time to define "good".
Expression is ubiquitous in artifacts of intelligence.
Louis
On May 26, 2005, at 9:10 AM, Taylor from Rockport wrote:
> Hey Craig and Claytown,
>
> Thanks for the link and the invite to surf for Robert Arneson on the
> web.
> I'd be a poo head were I not at least passingly familiar with RA and
> some
> of his work. After reading a few sites on RA, I'm ashamed to admit
> that
> I'm still an idiot when it comes to his stuff. I'm not so funky after
> all.
>
> BTW, since he's called a sculptor by most (ptui ptui) does that mean
> that
> I don't have to listen to him? :P
>
> BTW deux, I always thought bricks were for houses, windows, or bags
> full
> of kittens.
>
> Taylor, in Rockport TX
>
> On Wed, 25 May 2005 10:22:51 -0500, Craig Clark
> wrote:
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> ...
>> Taylor, my grey matter is equally overtaxed on this question but if
>> you
>> are interested read about the work by the late/great ceramic artist
>> Robert Arneson. Here's a link to the site which gives a very well
>> written overview....http://www.tfaoi.com/aa/3aa/3aa476.htm
> ...
>
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