tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post5607026409395149501..comments2024-03-29T03:35:11.890-04:00Comments on Studio and Garden: Representation vs Abstraction?Altoon Sultanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-18958136056177009612012-05-05T14:17:19.650-04:002012-05-05T14:17:19.650-04:00That's a beautiful quote, Cheryl, and very goo...That's a beautiful quote, Cheryl, and very good advice. Thank you.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-32368667946271348742012-05-04T22:54:57.465-04:002012-05-04T22:54:57.465-04:00In “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art...In “Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith and Art,” Madeleine L’Engle writes: “We all tend to make zealous judgments, and thereby close ourselves off from revelation. If we feel that we already know something in its totality, then we fail to keep our ears and eyes open to that which may expand or even change that which we so zealously think we know.”<br /><br />I'm becoming better at not closing myself off from revelation, and better at finding art all around me.Cheryl Doyle-Ruffinghttp://www.faithfilledphotographers.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-78756438226997189672012-05-04T12:28:50.626-04:002012-05-04T12:28:50.626-04:00Thank you, Kim and slowmuse, for your comments.
K...Thank you, Kim and slowmuse, for your comments. <br />Kim, that story about Johnny Myers was fun. I chose that painting because he was such a presence in the art world. <br />slowmuse, that essay is in the Jarrell collection titled "No Other Book". I have to admit that I haven't read any of the other essays, most of which are on poetry.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-41725829872953894432012-05-04T10:17:24.936-04:002012-05-04T10:17:24.936-04:00You have touched on many of the themes that circle...You have touched on many of the themes that circle constantly in my studio. I haven't read the Jarrell essay but that's a must read. Thanks for that suggestion and for this ongoing (and never ending) exploration and discussion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-69220167901543807892012-05-04T09:21:03.755-04:002012-05-04T09:21:03.755-04:00Great post! The best realism is always the most ab...Great post! The best realism is always the most abstractly constructed.<br /><br /> I was happy to see the portrait of Johnny Myers, whom I had only met briefly at a friend's garden party in 1973. It was a day exactly like the Porter painting portrays. Johnny was the most entertaining person. Heavy-set, but lighter than air on his feet, dancing here, gesturing there, wittier than anyone.<br />Best, KimKim Dohttp://web.mac.com/kimdo1/iWeb/Paris%20Site/Welcome.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-63978142731360022842012-05-04T08:35:16.920-04:002012-05-04T08:35:16.920-04:00Julie, I simply meant that he was never a "re...Julie, I simply meant that he was never a "realist", nor did he ever paint non-objective paintings, though he did seem to come close to that; his work always had a subject from the visible world.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-12982945679987737552012-05-04T08:30:21.772-04:002012-05-04T08:30:21.772-04:00Your comment about Picasso not touching both ends ...Your comment about Picasso not touching both ends of the path interests me. And perhaps indicates why his work rarely moves me...except some of the obvious masterpieces like Guernica. And some prints.Julie Siegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17668542359534413638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-31174499790768046882012-05-04T06:11:03.914-04:002012-05-04T06:11:03.914-04:00Thanks, everyone!
And yes, Alfred Russell was a fo...Thanks, everyone!<br />And yes, Alfred Russell was a force at that time. I didn't know him well, but he was such a strong presence at Brooklyn College where I studied.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-48915818623339703292012-05-04T03:37:00.340-04:002012-05-04T03:37:00.340-04:00Great article! The Laderman/Anderson Cedar Tavern ...Great article! The Laderman/Anderson Cedar Tavern highlight comment was golden, but we need to remember the mute voice in there, that was a part of the foundation of the running text- Laderman's teacher and Anderson's friend an colleague, Alfred Russell of the first wave of AB-Ex in the 40's and his gentle wife Andrée Déscharnes, she of the perfect highlight. They, well, Lennart, would know of what and whom I speak. But that does not further careers. History is bulldozed into shape so, but so much is buried.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-51107049971677599852012-05-04T00:03:52.367-04:002012-05-04T00:03:52.367-04:00Amen.Amen.Jan Johnsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07191467673642802778noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-81115934196856804842012-05-03T18:32:04.292-04:002012-05-03T18:32:04.292-04:00Fantastic Essay.Fantastic Essay.helenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07537243510861908535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-8847785833142109422012-05-03T18:08:12.789-04:002012-05-03T18:08:12.789-04:00Yes. Certainly this is the case.Yes. Certainly this is the case.Erik Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11916779728004217143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-46953915489633277902012-05-03T17:53:32.384-04:002012-05-03T17:53:32.384-04:00Of course, being who I am, I think the truth is so...Of course, being who I am, I think the truth is somewhere in the middle: a little perception mixed with some previous knowledge or understanding.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-51144653551738413662012-05-03T17:50:22.223-04:002012-05-03T17:50:22.223-04:00I remember the first highlight I put in a painting...I remember the first highlight I put in a painting: A fellow painter pointed it out on the still life, and suggested I put it in. I did and suddenly the whole picture snapped to attention. I felt like I was cheating. I think it WAS cheating. I would speculate that Lennart thought that a painter as good as he felt the old Copt was, would never cheat. This doesn't seem like cheating to me any more, but I've got no ambition now, except to my own sanity, whatever that means.<br /><br />As for the subject of an abstract painting, I really still wonder what that would be.Erik Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11916779728004217143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-3373704053620727712012-05-03T17:36:11.333-04:002012-05-03T17:36:11.333-04:00bless that Lennart!bless that Lennart!steven aimonehttp://www.aimoneartservices.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-38060872814525154372012-05-03T17:22:44.770-04:002012-05-03T17:22:44.770-04:00Erik, I didn't frequent the Cedar Bar; I was m...Erik, I didn't frequent the Cedar Bar; I was more of a Figurative Artist's Alliance person. I don't remember "the subject of the painting", but my memory is very selective. I do remember a heated conversation between Gabriel Laderman and Lennart Anderson about the highlight on the nose of a Fayum portrait: Laderman insisted it was conceptual, that they saw it because they knew it, and Anderson argued that perception was paramount.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-89811421000567721292012-05-03T17:18:19.226-04:002012-05-03T17:18:19.226-04:00Altoon, I have a strong memory of someone at the N...Altoon, I have a strong memory of someone at the NY Studio School telling me in 1967 that conversations at the Cedar Bar in the 1950s often centered on "the subject of the painting". Does that ring a bell with you?Erik Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11916779728004217143noreply@blogger.com