When we were in the Museum in NYC, there was a young man sitting on a bench in front of a Jackson Pollock totally rapt. Hubby got a wonderful picture of the teenager.
Experimental art has something in common with joke telling.
Some jokes are good, some are bad… but people who don’t “get” them can’t judge.
And you can rarely guess who will catch on and who won’t.
I lived in a small Southern town in the late 1960s. I often visited art shows and exhibitions in art competitions. I kept seeing vibrant, lively, beautiful abstracts by someone who always signed with “SMAG.”
When I finally met SMAG… I found her, a Catholic nun named Sister Mary AGnes, to be funny, happy, and in love with art. Her theological take on her endeavors was Creation-centric. She said that if God is the Creator, and humans are created in the image of God, then humans are meant to be co-creators with God.
I later learned that J. R. R. Tolkien held the same notion… and deployed it in his elaborate world creations in The Lord of the Rings.
BE THIS GUY over 4 years ago
“More splatter on his forehead.”
rekam Premium Member over 4 years ago
When we were in the Museum in NYC, there was a young man sitting on a bench in front of a Jackson Pollock totally rapt. Hubby got a wonderful picture of the teenager.
-Saint- over 4 years ago
Perhaps he was a Christo piece and totally wrapped…?!
Breadboard over 4 years ago
Wednesday , Thursday , Friday …
Michael G. over 4 years ago
Pollock, I hear, was a total drip.
Andrew Sleeth over 4 years ago
He’s not listening; he’s too preoccupied thinking about all the rich art investors he’s going to fleece.
Teto85 Premium Member over 4 years ago
This is so bad for a second I thought Mr Martin was “helping.”
the lost wizard over 4 years ago
It’s how I see him.
dfischer348 Premium Member over 4 years ago
I think it was whisky …
Boise Ed Premium Member over 4 years ago
Love it! This is one of Bliss’s best.
Cactus-Pete over 4 years ago
But does it feel like him?
Ukko wilko over 4 years ago
At least that would be an excuse.
jimmjonzz Premium Member over 4 years ago
Experimental art has something in common with joke telling.
Some jokes are good, some are bad… but people who don’t “get” them can’t judge.
And you can rarely guess who will catch on and who won’t.
I lived in a small Southern town in the late 1960s. I often visited art shows and exhibitions in art competitions. I kept seeing vibrant, lively, beautiful abstracts by someone who always signed with “SMAG.”
When I finally met SMAG… I found her, a Catholic nun named Sister Mary AGnes, to be funny, happy, and in love with art. Her theological take on her endeavors was Creation-centric. She said that if God is the Creator, and humans are created in the image of God, then humans are meant to be co-creators with God.
I later learned that J. R. R. Tolkien held the same notion… and deployed it in his elaborate world creations in The Lord of the Rings.