I was going to a junior college and took one drawing class/hated it because the teacher was hung up on Picasso and played down Dali or Charles Russell who are painters who's work I admire. I was asked to leave after the following argument; She(the teacher who was Masters degreed) claimed that Picasso planned each painting and placed the colors (according to their most perfect compliment from the color wheel) in the only possible correct spot to make the painting work. I instinctively lamented that the work of Picasso must have been spontaneous and quickly executed once he had found a personal free flowing method of expression. His passion became revealed in truth and thus he flourished and that I didn't believe Picasso followed ANY rules regarding art. ( I did learn later in life that this great artist drew his inspiration from highly expressive primitive sculptures of Africa).I was only speaking from a gut feeling and not going by any actual proven fact I'd read or anything. The teacher was a hard ass 'knowologist' At the time (1969)I had been working art projects since I was 19 and in the U.S.Army overseas. I'd learned about art in Europe where there is so much great art. I was inspired by a great sculptor(the late Dale Eldred) who taught at the K.C.Art Institute(where Jackson Pollack went who was from Cody Wyoming). I could not afford the college but I spent many hours in the sculpture studio where welding and fabricating as well as bronze casting was happening. I learned that if you want to pursue the life of an artist you have to have BIG IDEAS. Most of the great artists I've met were willing to share their knowledge. Painters could learn and be inspired like I have by reading 'The Art Spirit' by Robert Henry.
I second that. a great book
I wonder if this artist has a BFA.
http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=19579&SGID=1
http://www.artwanted.com/artist.cfm?ArtID=22823&Display=Med&SGID=0&Page=0
As for the second topic...no, I have never seen the movie "Art School Confidential", but I think I would like to.
And, yes, I saw the movie in question and found it a very nice dark comedy---which is a genre not in vogue at the moment, sadly. It pokes holes in the fabric (canvas?) of the so-called art world. Hell, it shows there are holes big enough to drive through with a SUV. :)
I try to ignore anything beginning around the time of the abstract expressionists until well after the dead shark in a tank/urine-soaked religious figures stupidities. That means I take up the mantle about the time of the last of the surrealists/expressionists, most all of which were borne in post-war(s) Europe.
Haven't seen ASC, but I've heard it's pretty good. I was actually attending art school when it came out, but the trailer seemed too close to reality for me at the time and I really didn't want anything to discourage me.
Undergraduate degree, I have 5 years invested.
Graduate degree, 2 years invested.
Still, just that kid creating art in my studio/gallery...
I recommend taking the chance if that is what you are asking? just do it...
What I've learned, how much I still do not know... an ongoing journey. Yes, I saw that movie " Art School Confidential " an art crime movie of who did what and why.
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