mel jacobson on sat 10 mar 07
art and the concept of art is a very complex
subject. to even guess what it means takes
many years of experience. the young hardly have
a clue. it takes time and patience to achieve anything.
some do college, study at art school, become apprentices.
some make art because they have to...they have no choice.
some get thrown into it by accident, and just stay by default.
i went to a drawing show at the minnepolis institute of art yesterday.
drawings of all kinds...mostly 8x10 inches, on paper.
from many art periods, famous and unknowns...mostly just
paper and pencil, chalk or charcoal. simple, yet so complex.
it was the essence of what we call art. and the show was
very intimate...you could almost feel the pencil on paper.
it was a language of communication...visual language. many
have absolutely no clue how to understand visual language.
they live in a world of words, and almost never stop and
look at what is around them. the artist always does that...constantly.
or as frank lloyd wright said once. `artists have to drink or
use drugs, just to shut down their `inside motor`...it is always
running, seeing, feeling...everything around them.`
there was a series of small landscapes, all on one page.
12 of them...like a grid of paintings. (i thought they were
mine for just a second...the same images i do.)
totally wonderful. pencil and wash, and calligraphy that
did not make words, just shapes. it was done by an unknown
(not famous) cartoonist. his work moved into fine art by
accident, for it sure was not intentional.. in the notes, there was
a quote from his wife...and
i am just paraphrasing from memory...
`to be an artist many have to connive, work at promotion or
become self absorbed, or have agents or others to
promote their work so that it will sell.
my husband never did that, he just drew images
his entire life. thousands of images.`
that quote gave me `goose bumps`. it said so
much about what it is to be a crafts-person, artist...a maker of
things. why do we have to do it.....every day?
it is our default setting.
mel
from: mel/minnetonka.mn.usa
website: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/
Clayart page link: http://www.visi.com/~melpots/clayart.html
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