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News & ArtsWednesday, July 11, 2012
Visual Art 3D Paintings
Posted by Jen Graves on Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 11:46 AM
I have to tell you that I don't understand the allure of 3D paintings. Is it me? These people and these people love them.
I mean, I get that they make neat stages for future photographs. But what about actually being there with one? Wouldn't that be weirdly unimpressive? It is entirely possible that I am not imagining this properly. Can anybody tell me about this? I have not myself been party to (part of, I guess) a 3D painting in the (attenuated) flesh.
Thanks for the tip, Deborah.
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They are visually clever. I think that's all there really is to them, and that certainly is all it takes to get passed around on the internet.
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The problem here isn't the 3D technique, it's the unimaginative subject matter of these specific paintings. I don't care how well it's rendered, there is nothing compelling about a painting of someone karate kicking me in the face.
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Like most things, Dali did this first, and better. In his museum in Figueres, in Spain, there is a room where from the perfect viewpoint you see a 3D painting of Mae West, composed of the objects in the entire room lining up to create the art. He did several such installations over the course of his life, years and years before those cheezy chalk drawings on streets, or these silly pop up book illustrations from china.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tam_baker/3…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tam_baker/3…
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As street art they're terrific -- a guy sprawled with his chalks over the sidewalk with a hat out for donations. No more annoying than buskers or jugglers or sandcastle makers. It's fun.
As gallery work they're completely ridiculous. Paintings in frames? Idiotic. I suppose if it's in a shopping mall or something.
As gallery work they're completely ridiculous. Paintings in frames? Idiotic. I suppose if it's in a shopping mall or something.
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What do you mean, Jen, by a 3D painting? Show us a picture or put up a link or something. 3D could mean a lot of things.
Are you talking about anamorphic drawings such as illusionistic sidewalk art? Who does them in galleries?
Are you talking about anamorphic drawings such as illusionistic sidewalk art? Who does them in galleries?
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Coupled with the right subject matter I could see this being a fun exhibit at the Science Center to take some little snotfaces to.
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I guess you're not a fan of this park, which I find quite magical: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcLNS2ocj…
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@2 - I'm sure there are people who know you who might disagree with that statement.
@6 - that's what they said about graffiti 30 years ago, and at the very least, you'd have to say that Banksy is gallery worthy now, if not several others.
Art forms develop over time. I personally think this one is stupid, but maybe some crazy, smart, creative kid will come along who loves it and revolutionizes the art form.
To call it, or any other form of art, out as not worthy of being in a gallery is to say that you know absolutely nothing about art and simply follow what art patrons tell you is art until they tell you something else is art, including this art.
@6 - that's what they said about graffiti 30 years ago, and at the very least, you'd have to say that Banksy is gallery worthy now, if not several others.
Art forms develop over time. I personally think this one is stupid, but maybe some crazy, smart, creative kid will come along who loves it and revolutionizes the art form.
To call it, or any other form of art, out as not worthy of being in a gallery is to say that you know absolutely nothing about art and simply follow what art patrons tell you is art until they tell you something else is art, including this art.
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Like carnival cutouts, with production value!
If you're looking for the 'art', remember the actual subjects are the people posing for photos, not the impossible spaces behind. So you might ask if the subjects - the people - are presented in a novel and moving way. These examples... maybe not so much, but maybe some artist somewhere could make it work.
Anyway, why call them 3D? The painted surface is 2D. The completely-wrong label bothers me no end.
If you're looking for the 'art', remember the actual subjects are the people posing for photos, not the impossible spaces behind. So you might ask if the subjects - the people - are presented in a novel and moving way. These examples... maybe not so much, but maybe some artist somewhere could make it work.
Anyway, why call them 3D? The painted surface is 2D. The completely-wrong label bothers me no end.
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And how does it present the subjects? It forces the subjects (the people posing) to pretend an emotional response, because while they're inside the frame they can't see the effect. So you could say this stuff is all about encouraging people to behave like actors for the benefit of the camera. It permits no authenticity.
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@14
by that argument, there is no cinema that rises to the level of art.
Orson Wells disagrees (and, of course, I'm speaking of his role as "Unicron" in Transformers: The Movie. Duh.)
by that argument, there is no cinema that rises to the level of art.
Orson Wells disagrees (and, of course, I'm speaking of his role as "Unicron" in Transformers: The Movie. Duh.)
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@12 - hey Buster, don't you try to take away my right to call art bad.
Besides, by your own argument, part of what makes graffiti-as-fine-art pack such a punch is that people used to deride it so. Therefore, we should be vocal and scream at the top of our lungs about how stupid we think 3d painting is, so when the whiz kids of the future come along, we're all the more shocked.
This stuff is SHIT!
Besides, by your own argument, part of what makes graffiti-as-fine-art pack such a punch is that people used to deride it so. Therefore, we should be vocal and scream at the top of our lungs about how stupid we think 3d painting is, so when the whiz kids of the future come along, we're all the more shocked.
This stuff is SHIT!
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