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Good art
March 15 2016
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RHP User
10 years ago
I love art. Natures art is my favourite genre. A spectacular sunset.....turquoise bays....vivid flowers. After that, the old Masters. When the painting looks so real that you can almost feel the velvet dress. Modern art leaves me cold. I remember visiting the Tate Gallery in London. There was a " painting " called "white square on white " Basically just a white canvas. I went to a Salvador Dali exhibition once and was enthralled by the mans weird genius. Best ever.....in Amsterdam I saw Sunflowers and Irises by Van Gogh. A guy who takes me to an art gallery is a keeper!
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loveYOURpleasure
10 years ago
Oh art, how I do (mostly) love the. I won't go on and on. Or at least I'll try not to. Suffice to say that I try to add some form of new art to my walls at least once a year. I agree on the art in nature aspect - and living where I do it is easy to take in some glorious sunsets and the like so I am blessed in that sense. That said I am not one to hang a landscape photo on the wall (unless, perhaps, I took it). I attribute that to the frequency with which I see visually similar images. My interest lies in the more individual pieces of painting / sculpture / photography. To get to the point, which I am slowly doing, one of the exhibitions I always try to catch is of art created by Year 12 students. I have seen them in Perth and Melbourne in the past - not sure if they have them in other states. The reason I love to see them is to be inspired by the talent that exists in young people (certainly far greater than mine ever was or will be) but also to get a sense of what is important to the young artists. I find that 'window into their soul' aspect very interesting and it also generally makes me a bit wistful as I delve back into the dusty archives of my own mind to a time when I was similarly passionate and inspired by noble causes and the tribulations of teenage life...the time before all that boring adult stuff began to take over. Thinking about it I guess that is part of what I love about art: the reminder of beauty and expression - even if it is white on white - that exists outside what most of us modern, Western adults consider to be the vital necessities of life. PS: I am fairly sure the Year 12 exhibition is on in Perth at the moment. Like to go Koko? - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
And seeing it with your own eyes is the best way to experience it.....some thing about seeing original art works. Nothing like seeing a good sunset,, A wedgetail eagle soaring A beautiful full moon rising over water And perhaps one of my most memorable seeing the Taj Mahal at sunrise on a misty morningAnd the art doesn't need to be something "universally great" , just something that seems great to you personally.
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RHP User
10 years ago
and my love for it on this forum, but I think I would bore too many But just to say that I initially studied Art and Architecture at Uni and I was so blessed When I finally got to roam the world, I did indeed visit all the great art galleries and museums, the Tate, the Guggenheim, the Louvre, Monet's Garden, the Getty, but it wasn't till I got to Florence that I totally lost my shit. I remember crying when I saw I finally saw the great works housed in the Uffizi, yes crying, I was so overwhelmed, just simply for the beauty of it all. I remember visiting Versailles and again being overwhelmed because it was just too much, too much to absorb and take in, the vast richness and indulges for a limited amount of people whilst listening to the guide tell the stories of how the peasants, during the Revolution dug up the pieces of gold that were laid just outside the entrance of Versailles, as they were so hungry . I remember spending the remainder of the day just wandering around the gardens because the actual Palace was just too much to take in, but I did see the Hall of Mirrors So many pieces of artwork move me, but my favourite and because it resonated with me strongly , as a lover once gave me a copy of the picture for my birthday, is Gustav Klimt "The Kiss" or the Lovers. I finally saw it when I got to Vienna and I just stood and stood looking at it. It was so beautiful, surreal. It was so different and ahead of its time. Now I see it everywhere including on coffee mugs My parents have friends of which the husband has been blind since early childhood. His wife, and he travelled to Europe where she described everything to him, everything including the art she viewed. How does one even begin to do that, described the beauty of the world and what words does one use to describe "The Birth of Venus "? Lovely forum again Freya
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cleopatrababe
10 years ago
I remember visiting canberra many years ago to see the great masters ..it made me feel so emotional the beauty of it all ...as an artist myself i appreciated the greatness of it all - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
The Sunflowers was not the original, I think its exhibited in the National Art Gallery in London now. But Irises was the original.
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RHP User
10 years ago
I love and appreciate its creators. I used to be right into natures beauty and its intricacies captured in photography and still life paintings. The more realistic the better. Recently I've developed a love of abstract realism and pop art. Seeing faces and forms developed from abstract shapes is surreal. The imagination and talent it takes to create something like that is brilliant. I've started collecting original art pieces from local galleries and one amazing artist based in QLD. The latest piece arrived just a few weeks ago and each time I walk past it, I just smile because it fills me with joy. Meeting the artists has added another dimension to the art piece because I got to hear their inspiration for the creation. I spent a whole day recently at an intensive art workshop and it was a wonderful experience full of creativity and freedom. Not a care in the world when you are immersed in paint, canvases and other like minded people sharing laughter and joy while creating something new and unique. LG
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RHP User
10 years ago
I'm no expert but i occassionly walk through a gallery and take in the creative side some poccess. Some hold my attention , some I just don't get and some even depress me. But I guess that's the idea. I have a cousin who is quite famous for her works , shame it never rubbed off on me.
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RHP User
10 years ago
A good friend of mine ( Ron ) is involved with Rotary who hold events for several charities. Different organisations donate goods included a beautiful piece of art donated from a popular local artist. While preparing for the event the following day , Ron absent mindedly placed his coffee next to the art and you guessed it, spilt his coffee all over it. Panicing , Ron ran to the el cheapo shop next door , bought a framed canvas some paint and got to work. He had no idea what he was doing , but he painted for a few hours then went home. When he came back the next day , other rotary members already setting up and someone had already put Rons painting in the position the original art supposed to go. Come the time of the auction Ron's piece of art was quite popular and got knocked down for $560. The buyer was happy and so was the charities. Not bad for a old battler who enjoys a beer at the pub with his mates everyday.
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RHP User
10 years ago
The beauty of anything visual. Salvador Dali is one of my all time faves But at the moment I have thing for photos - the way a moment is captured, flecks of colour, wrinkles around someone's eyes, betrayal, relief, wonder. Landscapes are amazing! And I have just started getting a taste for architecture.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Would love to!
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RHP User
10 years ago
Quoting 'cleopatrababe' I remember visiting canberra many years ago to see the great masters ..it made me feel so emotional the beauty of it all ...as an artist myself i appreciated the greatness of it all - Posted from rhpmobile I think it was called "Old Masters New Visions" or something like that, I hitch hiked up from Melbourne to see it. The Scream was the one that got me, I was transfixed, it was like being punched in the heart, and the Renoir's ! I experienced a lot of beauty that day.If it's the hitch hike I'm thinking of the Milat story broke not long after I got home, scary shit.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Off topic, but topic reminded me that when I recently watched the Dr Who episode with Van Gogh - I cried. Love art, in all it forms. Whether it be an evocative painting, a photo, nature, a beautiful crafted sentence, or a on-point subversive piece of street art, etc,. I've tried my hand at art, I'm rubbish and makes me appreciate others creative endeavours even more. I've been to the big art galleries in Europe and Sydney, though still haven't been to MONA (!!!). But living in the Inner West, I always have my eye out for street art and I follow a few street art appreciate groups on facebook. No favourite pieces - bit like music, I swap and change and different things have a visceral effect on me, depending on the day.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Have caught a little of the street art of Banksy, some really clever stuff, art that questions the status quo. Throwing Flowers, Kissing cops etc love it.
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RHP User
10 years ago
Art makes me feel something. There are people who could go into great detail about what makes a piece great, such as composition, technique, style, etc. But to me, art in all its forms makes me feel an emotion for it
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RHP User
10 years ago
Van Gogh is one of my favourites, and that Doctor Who episode brings me to tears every time too, PepperRose. - Posted from rhpmobile
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RHP User
10 years ago
For bringing my attention to this....Insiders video... Hand painted van Gogh movie. Check it out, its amazing. A must see when its finished
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RHP User
10 years ago
Artist Lee Mingwei's reproduction of Picasso's Guernica in sand at the Sydney Biennale..at the end of the exhibition an audience member is invited to walk through the sand and then the sand is scooped up ,representing impermanence. xxFreya
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RHP User
10 years ago
Not big into art but enjoy going to a gallery as there is always something that you relate to. When in Melbourne I love to seek out street art. Probably a bigger fan of sculpture than painted works. I visited the biggest gallery in the world 'The Hermitage' in Saint Petersburg Russia a cross between an art gallery and museum all in one palace (freaking massive), just a collection of works collected by and given to the then tsar. I have never been blown away like I was in one room, it had it's own seating like a cinema and was dedicated to one painting that depicted their major heads at a banquet. It was the biggest thing I have ever seen and beautifully painted. And like that quote you mention Freya the whole city is like an outdoor gallery, if anyone is big into architecture and that old style Saint Petersburg and 'The hermitage' are well worth the trip. In the small city I stayed at for a month called Barnaul, there were metal sculptures and mosaics on buildings and walls everywhere, stunning stuff. I also like to check out youtube from time to time and see some wonderful things from people who will never be big which is incredible considering some of the stuff you come across deserves to be.
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