Friday, April 20, 2007

Collings: The Inner Life of Painting

Painting creates an intense feeling inside of pure satisfaction that nothing else could probably compare to. Paintings is instinctive and it is a need rather than a want, it has to be done, and not until what was meant to be said it presented is this satisfaction present.
I'm not sure I agree with Collings that art today isn't connected with the past I think it very much is otherwise art wouldn't be able to grow without the connection to the past.
Painting has become used less in modern times as a way of expressing oneself and in been put on the back burner for a resurface, we are nowadays subjected to non traditional questionable art that consists of installations, random objects and certain settings. Art has become more about the idea behind the piece and what it means and represents rather than the skill and technical ability to create a piece of art. From the outside, to someone who isn't interested in art, it is difficult to explain these pieces and you are presented with 'anyone could do that', yet what they don't understand is why a person has created that and what it means to them and everyone else.

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