I go to Art Show almost every day and try to look at every post that appears here. And in that process I develop “My Favorites”. So I wanted to share “My Favorites” with others.
I have more formal education in Art History and Theory than most of, but probably not all of you. But Art is a personal judgement. “I don’t know what art is, but I know what I like.” Is a phrase that was used by the ‘Art Establishment’ of the 1950s through 1970s to ridicule anyone who dared to question their authoritarian pronouncements. They were all frauds. I met some of them or attended their lectures. They were (with only a few exceptions) narrow-minded, anti-intellectual, amateurish, frauds.
In saying what I think is best I in no way wish to repeat their ignorance by proposing that my opinions or experience in any way makes me more qualified to say what is good and what isn’t than anyone else. The objective truth about Art is that no one is an authority. And “I don’t know what art is, but I know what I like.” is a more profound statement than all of the conjectures and rationalizations of all of the critics combined. You don’t need to “know what art is”. Because each and every human being is the ultimate authority on what they like, what they respond to, what they understand, what they are moved by and therefore what Art, in their judgement, is.
Not being on my list doesn’t mean I didn’t like your work. Most of those who post here are “developing artists”. What I like I try to point out and what I don’t like I try to be brutally frank about in the belief that you can learn as more from honest feedback than dishonest feedback. This list is who I think has reached or is near reaching a matured level of product. It doesn’t judge who is most talented =, just who recently showed work that I thought was superior.
Our Great Leader, Jackelope Prime, may not think that this is appropriate for this site and without Jack, this site doesn’t exist, so I won’t question it if he says “no”. He does ten times or more than I do to make Art Show work and we should all appreciate him more than we show.
My List doesn’t include everyone with exceptional talent or promise. And it isn’t limited to “importance in art” (another of those false and incredibly ignorant things some so-called “experts” have belched out like it meant something). Some of those I picked do work like Calligraphy or Patterns, Cartoons and Abstract Expressionism. And all of that being said … here is my list drawn from postings made in the last month. The order of presentation means nothing.
I have more formal education in Art History and Theory than most of, but probably not all of you. But Art is a personal judgement. “I don’t know what art is, but I know what I like.” Is a phrase that was used by the ‘Art Establishment’ of the 1950s through 1970s to ridicule anyone who dared to question their authoritarian pronouncements. They were all frauds. I met some of them or attended their lectures. They were (with only a few exceptions) narrow-minded, anti-intellectual, amateurish, frauds.
In saying what I think is best I in no way wish to repeat their ignorance by proposing that my opinions or experience in any way makes me more qualified to say what is good and what isn’t than anyone else. The objective truth about Art is that no one is an authority. And “I don’t know what art is, but I know what I like.” is a more profound statement than all of the conjectures and rationalizations of all of the critics combined. You don’t need to “know what art is”. Because each and every human being is the ultimate authority on what they like, what they respond to, what they understand, what they are moved by and therefore what Art, in their judgement, is.
Not being on my list doesn’t mean I didn’t like your work. Most of those who post here are “developing artists”. What I like I try to point out and what I don’t like I try to be brutally frank about in the belief that you can learn as more from honest feedback than dishonest feedback. This list is who I think has reached or is near reaching a matured level of product. It doesn’t judge who is most talented =, just who recently showed work that I thought was superior.
Our Great Leader, Jackelope Prime, may not think that this is appropriate for this site and without Jack, this site doesn’t exist, so I won’t question it if he says “no”. He does ten times or more than I do to make Art Show work and we should all appreciate him more than we show.
My List doesn’t include everyone with exceptional talent or promise. And it isn’t limited to “importance in art” (another of those false and incredibly ignorant things some so-called “experts” have belched out like it meant something). Some of those I picked do work like Calligraphy or Patterns, Cartoons and Abstract Expressionism. And all of that being said … here is my list drawn from postings made in the last month. The order of presentation means nothing.
Nunumi – Min Roh – Mantas – Mick Williams – Ardash anand – Laura Kovaliunaite – Sylva – Kortze – Randolph Booth – Troll cat64 – Oldtoo – Buddy McCue – Barbara Morales – Agatha Rault – Myomal – Marty the Second – Primel Blume – MariaChan – Merlin Madison – James T, Kirk – RuthAnnJ – Tamer – Lisa Bridgette – Tom McLaughlin – Ralph Megginson – Balatik – Katherine Berrios.
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