tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31212792.post7255931171635987648..comments2023-09-03T11:12:00.572-04:00Comments on Life Needs Art: Goodbye Little Friendlifeneedsarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03415337659582287176noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31212792.post-43393264704418203402009-08-07T23:55:38.612-04:002009-08-07T23:55:38.612-04:00Karen,
The URL for Rauschenberg video URL is:
h...Karen,<br /> The URL for Rauschenberg video URL is: <br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpCWh3IFtDQ<br /><br />The (B.S. ?)at the end is not part of it. Sorry about that.William R. Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15534932755846157710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31212792.post-34265600907060789052009-08-07T18:12:35.236-04:002009-08-07T18:12:35.236-04:00William -- good questions. There's no malice h...William -- good questions. There's no malice here; I'm doing this with Liz's permission and blessing. <br /><br />There's also no "Grand Artistic Statement" -- Rauschenberg erased his drawing 50+ years ago. I'm not breaking new ground.<br /><br />For me, it's educational. I'm not young, but I consider myself a young artist. I still struggle with calling myself an artist at all.<br /><br />I'm learning the boundaries of my art: just because I made something and called it "art", is it untouchable? What can happen when it begins a life of its own? I get inspiration from other artists, but can I actually use someone's art to begin mine?<br /><br />More questions, which I will continue to try to answer.lifeneedsarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415337659582287176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31212792.post-62180683591984660132009-08-07T16:47:30.803-04:002009-08-07T16:47:30.803-04:00I fail to see the reasoning behind this exercise....I fail to see the reasoning behind this exercise. Is it conceptual? Would it be considered colaboration? To what end? <br />Is it dada? Is it simply to show the impermanence of creation? Vandalism? <br /><br /><br />In an interview Robert Rauschenberg said it was poetry. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpCWh3IFtDQ B.S. ?William R. Moorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15534932755846157710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31212792.post-30829843853441996732009-08-07T07:18:43.469-04:002009-08-07T07:18:43.469-04:00Liz -- the kiln, oh, the kiln! That's a scary ...Liz -- the kiln, oh, the kiln! That's a scary thought. Go for it! Do what you need to do!lifeneedsarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415337659582287176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31212792.post-20039047111760464712009-08-07T04:07:02.230-04:002009-08-07T04:07:02.230-04:00Yes, Karen, you can be sure the kiln will be invol...Yes, Karen, you can be sure the kiln will be involved....but how? Still deciding.....Now that I really see my piece in obviously YOUR hands, well, I feel protective of it. Did not see that coming. I also think it is interesting that we both traded purple-ish things (!)Liz Crainhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03707662173647798984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31212792.post-6708144046254595342009-08-06T21:51:10.097-04:002009-08-06T21:51:10.097-04:00One New Year's Eve I was in Trafalar Square, L...One New Year's Eve I was in Trafalar Square, London, and walked along a crowded sidewalk to cross a side street entering the square. Before I realized it, I had stomped across a sidewalk artist's chalk drawing that I had not seen in the dark and crowded street.<br />Did I feel bad? You bet, I still remember it nearly ten years later. I hate to ruin someone else's hard work.<br />UKAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14288641060057991464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31212792.post-24557281395258381622009-08-06T19:46:50.246-04:002009-08-06T19:46:50.246-04:00Fresh - YIKES! What an awful story! I hope your cl...Fresh - YIKES! What an awful story! I hope your classmate forgave you.lifeneedsarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415337659582287176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31212792.post-43002529433413127172009-08-06T19:46:04.394-04:002009-08-06T19:46:04.394-04:00Alyson -- it feels like my art is going to its dem...Alyson -- it feels like my art is going to its demise. Liz has the freedom to do whatever she wants: she can shred it, erase it, soak it in water and turn it into pulp. I haven't a clue what she will do.<br /><br />Maybe it will be like a phoenix rising from the ashes of her kiln. :)lifeneedsarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415337659582287176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31212792.post-58028367115589801692009-08-06T17:10:38.155-04:002009-08-06T17:10:38.155-04:00I once accidentally walked over a classmate's ...I once accidentally walked over a classmate's drawing, leaving dirty footprints all over it... Not a good feeling. I don't think I could destroy an artwork on purpose however. Yikes.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31212792.post-52722349972083369422009-08-06T11:12:03.614-04:002009-08-06T11:12:03.614-04:00Karen: You're not sending it off to its demise...Karen: You're not sending it off to its demise. You're sending it off to its new life.<br /><br />I think art takes on a new life whenever it leaves the artist's studio. Especially when it enters a museum collection with lots of strange (unrelated) work around it. Your work is just taking a different path to the new life. <br /><br />How exciting! And how wonderful to see a collaboration of this sort. You can bet I'll be watching and writing about it.Alyson B. Stanfieldhttp://www.artbizblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31212792.post-63071931161917266092009-08-05T22:31:38.187-04:002009-08-05T22:31:38.187-04:00Oh, the thought of letting someone else choose -- ...Oh, the thought of letting someone else choose -- no...! This swap is different than selling. If I sell an artwork, I can believe that it will remain as I made it and will be enjoyed. No guarantees of course, but at least I can hope.lifeneedsarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03415337659582287176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31212792.post-13591498762856740742009-08-05T21:25:16.231-04:002009-08-05T21:25:16.231-04:00I think the key for me is that I get to pick the p...I think the key for me is that I get to pick the piece...if the other person got to pick which one gets destroyed I couldnt do it.<br />Of course, once you sell something you have no control over its future either.Kathleen Harringtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17495256755493892034noreply@blogger.com