tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post6372403015088222609..comments2024-03-16T16:12:13.296+00:00Comments on some LANDSCAPES: Olive treesPliniushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06529481330530614513noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post-69934909235433604942009-04-08T09:37:00.000+01:002009-04-08T09:37:00.000+01:00I do not understand art but nice picture.I do not understand art but nice picture.imhkkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09602765903946281773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post-19559724974903835332009-04-06T21:36:00.000+01:002009-04-06T21:36:00.000+01:00I should point out that Lawrence's essay is mainly...I should point out that Lawrence's essay is mainly about Cezanne and his authenticity, his revolutionary quest for the real. Lawrence is less interested in Cezanne's landscapes than in his still life paintings, with apples so frighteningly real that his followers had to turn them into abstractions. Van Gogh's landscapes, in contrast, were a projection of the artist himself.<BR/><BR/>Lawrence talks about landscape as the main modern genre but by the time he was writing it had already largely disappeared or been transformed into 'denatured visions', as I discussed in an <A HREF="http://some-landscapes.blogspot.com/2006/05/pier-and-ocean.html" REL="nofollow">earlier post</A>.Pliniushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06529481330530614513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19151341.post-55986565524210161182009-04-05T02:32:00.000+01:002009-04-05T02:32:00.000+01:00How does DH Lawrence explain Van Gogh?I've bee...How does DH Lawrence explain Van Gogh?<BR/><BR/>I've been aware, from a young age, of the absence of figures in my work, even my drawing as a child. I do not believe this is because I "hate" the body or my own.<BR/><BR/>I do think it is interesting to connect landscape painting to the rise of disfiguration in the arts. I haven't thought of it in this way, but there may be a connection. Nineteenth century landscape painting is prominent in America & Europe, and this is also a time of great cultural changes as industrialization grows. Often I see landscape painting of this period as a looking away from that more than a looking away from the body.<BR/><BR/>Running with the thesis of Paul Virilio (Art & Fear), in the 20th century artists reflected the desecration of the human body in western culture. He sees this in WWI, WWII, concentration camps. napalm, nuclear war, and so on. He sees it in Picasso and DeKooning, but also performance artists, like Orlan<BR/>(www.orlan.net/) and spectacle exhibitions like Bodies ( http://www.bodiestheexhibition.com/ )<BR/><BR/>Good topic.Frankhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02554893883207752597noreply@blogger.com