Chuck Close's Advice to Artists During a Crisis
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Uploaded by bigthink on Feb 9, 2009
http://bit.ly/m07MQi - The contemporary artist says the best time to make art is when everyone thinks art is dead.
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@KimJongPillTube Besides I can't remember what I wrote originally, thanks for replying though. Have a nice day.
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@KimJongPillTube Hah Hah painting does NOT boil down to being about how much work it takes alone, or how illusionistically representational it is or being photo-real. Not it in least. So it DOES have something to do with what you think is "cool," yes, it does very much so OTHERWISE art would be about like the same as just another craft...a craft may be refined and perfected indefinitely, but the greatness of "art" may be that it does something higher than that....
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@ippolytos1 Being an incredible painter has nothing to do with what you think is "cool". Have you even SEEN Chuck Close's work? It's astounding.
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@ChixRChattel You clearly have no clue what your talking about.
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@SubconsciousGatherer He's not a famous and well respected artist for his public speaking. You think Hemmingway was an adept mathemetician? Doubt it.
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Chuck is my hero. He is a great, truly great artist who has changed the way we look at art. His art is all about process. Chuck might be one of the six most inventive print makers in art history.
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Aside from his practical advice, I cannot get over the awesomeness of his spectacles!
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@SubconsciousGatherer No kidding...it makes me sleepy. Was he actually cool in the 60s, what the hell happened? Painting isnt dead just because there isnt anyone famous for developing a new form. We are out there, but because we arent mainstream (or mainstream enough yet) doesnt mean innovators dont fing exist.
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surely chuck close is aware of the affect the depression had on the new york school though, surely
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he mentions the 40s and 50s as his favorite time in american art, and the depression era 30s as not so great... but remember, the artists who were making all that great work in the 50s grew up in the depression era. so crisis is perfect for maturing young artists... as you say, it will decide who keeps working, and who falls by the wayside...
dreamlogicc 2 years ago 12
to me and my work, he is the most inspirational artist i have come across.
nwadgnikaerb 3 years ago 11