It comes across as grotesque, in the real sense of the word. A vulgarity, again in the precise and classic sense of the word. At least read and see what people from those cultures have done. Be enlightened though their eyes--through their lived aesthetic. This applies to drawing, painting, photography, also commentary, and criticism,
I am in a search for possibilities in phenomena that pass across and within my senses. I enter spaces through my drawings and in doing so bring out a nature that otherwise I would not be privy to. Drawing allows me to reflect on ideas situated at the intersection of religion, sexuality, and social consciousness. “Layering” is a metaphor for encapsulating fragments and wholes that convey power, compassion, and the memory of time & culture.
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Vulgarism in the visual imagination
Never image complex forms, specific bodies, and movements which stem out of certain philosophies--ex, ballet, if you are not intimately familiar with them. Unless you are doing it for the hoohah factor, wow value. Why? Because it shows. Certainly not to all, but it shows. And if you do limit it to your sense of comprehension. No need to overreach into unfamiliar territory. Study. Its comes across as grotesque, in the real sense of the word. A certain vulgarity, again in the precise and classic sense of the word. At least read and see what people from those culture
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