Was a controversial buy at the cost but turned out to skyrocket in value.
Is one of those paintings that people tend to apply commnts like ‘my kid could have painted that’ to, but it draws you in, the motion of the lines is transfixing, and the image sticks in your mind for decades.
Give this painting a chance to haunt you and you just might be impressed.
over 2 years ago
sipes23
Crystal Lake
Has that effect on me too. I see it and immediately think that anyone can do it, but then sit transfixed. It’s weird. (And if memory serves, his early work is realistic and shows that he knew the technical side of realistic images.)
cranberrygoddess
Canberra
totally. I think if we get too caught up in the monetary value of art, we can kind of miss the point.
Now that we have photography etc, art is not about technical ability to paint something as realistic as possible. Sure technique is important, but it is not about how much it looks like an object in reality, but rather what it does to you.
And like you say, there is a kind of realism in abstract art. Sometimes during a person in blue captures the essence better than using skin colour. I’m sure we are all grown up enough to understand if now :-)
