http://www.deniswebb-blog.com/2010/03/29/painter-photographer/ On Painting & Art: Another Look at an Old Problem Fri, 24 Dec 2010 03:57:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.deniswebb-blog.com/2010/03/29/painter-photographer/comment-page-1/#comment-494 denis Sun, 04 Apr 2010 10:52:28 +0000 http://www.deniswebb-blog.com/?p=487#comment-494 @Taranis, correct as far as painting goes. In the context of the very rhetorical question I was posing in the article, this question of timelessness becomes convoluted with the element of technology. This is what I concerned about here.. The technological miracle of photography (how else do you explain the action of light on the silver halides?) is just one instance of the impact of technology on painting. For decades we have seen the prolific replacement of the brush with the airbrush, the copying of projected images on canvas and paper to site just 2 examples. Today painters are sitting directly in front of their computer monitors and painting. This is, I think you will agree, resulted in different ball game. A painter stands in front of his canvas with a consciousness that has been affected by an explosion of technology. Even the warm urban graffiti artist is more often than not using a spray can. During the 60’s many musicians and intellectuals were denouncing technology. Yet many of the musicians were doing so as they plugged in their electric guitars. Taranis, I share with you concern and consideration of the timelessness element. We need to think hard and deep on this. It is very important. The planets very survival may depend upon it. So, as an artist, it is a moral question if he is conscious of his/her being a global citizen, where does he stand in the use of technology in his art? Engaging technology in the creation of photographic images enables a contemporary spirit and the replacement of the ziegeist mind set. This produce another conflict if artistic independence and a sense of freedom are paramount : not only personally but globally for humanity. It is a question, I believe, of the artist being in the world but not of it. It would be interesting if you were writing an article addressing this issue. I would be interested to get your “take” on it. Clarity is needed. @Taranis, correct as far as painting goes. In the context of the very rhetorical question I was posing in the article, this question of timelessness becomes convoluted with the element of technology. This is what I concerned about here..
The technological miracle of photography (how else do you explain the action of light on the silver halides?) is just one instance of the impact of technology on painting. For decades we have seen the prolific replacement of the brush with the airbrush, the copying of projected images on canvas and paper to site just 2 examples. Today painters are sitting directly in front of their computer monitors and painting. This is, I think you will agree, resulted in different ball game. A painter stands in front of his canvas with a consciousness that has been affected by an explosion of technology. Even the warm urban graffiti artist is more often than not using a spray can. During the 60’s many musicians and intellectuals were denouncing technology. Yet many of the musicians were doing so as they plugged in their electric guitars.
Taranis, I share with you concern and consideration of the timelessness element. We need to think hard and deep on this. It is very important. The planets very survival may depend upon it.
So, as an artist, it is a moral question if he is conscious of his/her being a global citizen, where does he stand in the use of technology in his art? Engaging technology in the creation of photographic images enables a contemporary spirit and the replacement of the ziegeist mind set. This produce another conflict if artistic independence and a sense of freedom are paramount : not only personally but globally for humanity. It is a question, I believe, of the artist being in the world but not of it. It would be interesting if you were writing an article addressing this issue. I would be interested to get your “take” on it. Clarity is needed.

]]> http://www.deniswebb-blog.com/2010/03/29/painter-photographer/comment-page-1/#comment-492 Taranis Sat, 03 Apr 2010 19:51:51 +0000 http://www.deniswebb-blog.com/?p=487#comment-492 Do you really think paintings on natural caves walls and paintings on walls and canvas are so different ? I don't think so. Just my opinion: painting is leaving an indelebil mark on time -> on caverns moving beasts are made statics, and hands are the mark of the people, what we call graffitis since roman times, same for silhouettes encarved in the Alps (Valcamonica) : moving and free people made static, that is the sense of painting -> an indelebil memory of our lifes for future generations. Do you really think paintings on natural caves walls and paintings on walls and canvas are so different ? I don’t think so. Just my opinion: painting is leaving an indelebil mark on time -> on caverns moving beasts are made statics, and hands are the mark of the people, what we call graffitis since roman times, same for silhouettes encarved in the Alps (Valcamonica) : moving and free people made static, that is the sense of painting -> an indelebil memory of our lifes for future generations.

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