Thank you to all,
for your concern of defining painting as an art still alive, especially
Douglas and Janet. I think the writer just gave for granted that painting
was démodé, that is why _ancient_ fits all right, and I have these mimetic
projections, empathic attitudes, by which I sort of grasp the concept as if
it was mine, and finally when I process it I usually have some second
thoughts. As it happened in this case.
As per the Master and/or Teacher the question is a more complicated in the
field of art. I do not have a Teacher, on the other side I am not a Painter,
but my Half-Teacher has a Teacher or Master, it is impressive the influence
that this man had on her. A wonderful influence because he was Sicilian and
loved earth and the beauty of earth and all the colors that go with it, and
he revered all the previous Masters and conveyed their teachings to her. I
also noticed something similar with another Art Professor at Venice, Vedova,
who seemed so charismatic that his students were all called _vedovini_, we
thus have an entire portion of a generation that belongs to this particular
branch or outlook in/on painting (his, Vedova's).
And as I was saying before of my experience, whenever I start painting which
is seldom or better almost never, then this Half-Teacher of Mine comes back
to me. While when I start writing, nobody comes, or if anybody does, it is
always someone different.
Maybe this has to be brought back to the intensity of the medium, color has
a physical impact and it might go beyond mental associations, because you
have touch, smell, sight, they are all involved.
Care, Anny
Anny Ballardini
http://annyballardini.blogspot.com
http://www.fieralingue.it/modules.php?name=poetshome
The aim of the poet is to awaken emotions in the soul, not to gather
admirers.
Stalker, Andrei Tarkovsky
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From: "Janet Jackson" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2005 4:37 PM
Subject: Re: ancient technique
> > Hopefully I didn't scare anybody, or was not too abstruse. The writer
gives
> > for granted that _painting_ is an ancient technique (tecnica antica,
this is
> > what he says), and is talking of two performances that took place at a
> > gallery at the opening and closing of the exhibit. I was quite surprised
> > that painting could be considered _ancient_, and was asking the List if
you
> > agree or disagree.
>
> "Ancient" as in "been with us for a very long time" - yes, of course it
is!
>
> I don't agree that painting is out of date, not really with us any more,
> a thing of the past. But I don't think "ancient" usually means that
> (although it may do in certain contexts).
> If that is what you need to say, perhaps you need a different English
> word: "antiquated" is probably the specific word for that meaning,
> but it doesn't have a very nice sound, if that matters.
> There's "antique", but then you get "antique technique" - don't know if
you
> want that rhyme. Also, I always think of furniture and old clocks when I
> see "antique". "Vintage", perhaps? Not as derogatory, but a much looser
> translation, I guess, and would bring in associations of wine and
> cars and who knows what else.
>
> I hope that's of some use, Anny.
>
> We still get a lot of good painters around here.
> Some of them using very ancient (Aboriginal) techniques,
> others using more recently invented methods.
>
> Janet
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