My Art

You might have noticed I am not a very regular Blogger. This has to do with the way I see and feel art and the fact that I do not think everyone needs to know all the time what I am thinking about art. Once in a while I really get the urge to share my thoughts with someone, anyone. If this point has been reached I will publish a new addition to the blog. Yesterday I told you about my aversion against critics and artists fooling us. I also promised you I'd like to mention a few pieces of art work I really appreciate.
Let me begin by telling you that I simply adore bright colors. Of course I realize not everyone will be into the same aesthetic sense. I also know (see my previous posts in this blog) that we all have our own taste. But solemnly swear you hate piles of shit (although I think there are a few shit lovers out there but that has nothing to do with art).

I have just been disturbed during the wrting of this blog by some news about the artist +David Hockney. As a result I stopped writing to browse the Internet for examples of his works. I'd like to saÿ: "To my surprise I saw some fine examples of his art". But that would be a blatant lie. As always and with most artists I do like his work, but not all of it. Some pieces are really great while others cannot pass my judgement. Do not forget that I am NOT an art critic but an art lover. This doesn't mean that I love everything with an art-label. I judge from my feeling toward what I see.

So by sheer chance it is Hockney that can carry away my approval. What else would be nice enough to mention. In my previous post I told you about the soup. Well I would say that +Andy Warhol too made some pretty nice pieces of art. I hate the cans but really love the Marylin portraits. It goes without saying that the two examples I have given so far are just chosen at random. Warhol and Hockney alike have made more beautiful things than I will be able to show. But they also made some very (yes remember my eyes) ugly pieces of art (or is it art).

Next to the pictures I have placed between my text I can sum up numerous works of art that are worth while. Just a stroll over the Internet will open up new worlds of art, even for me. One of these strolls led me to some website showing this artwork by +Chaya Kupperman. I do not go into the details of this artist because first of all I do not know anything about her and second I do not care. What I do care about the fact that the work (shown here) is very nice to look at. It can put millions of thoughts into your (my) brain. This is exactly what I am on about for the past weeks or month. It is not the critic or the artist calling the shots, it is the spectator who makes a painting or sculpture or wahtever has been wrought by the artists to be art in his or her eye. 

Last but certainly not least I would like to share the latest addition to our site with you. The relatively unkown painter Dirk Sta van Uiter has made some pretty amazing stuff. Please feel free to look at his artworks on our site: www.-artgallery-amsterdam.com. To the left is an example of his colorful work. On mentioned site you will find more works of art that might interest you. Like I have told you time and again, you will be the judge of these artworks. In order to judge however you will have to look at the works/paintings/sketches/sculptures etc. Even I had to look at a huge pile of shit in a museum to judge it not to be art. Thusfar, by the way, I have had no comments nor has anyone volunteered to offer som explanations to me (see previous blog). I still keep the invitation open so if anywhere out there someone is willing to teach me about the meaning of shit and other ugly things in art, I am open to it.

So far I have only been talking about two dimensional art forms. I intend to write about three dimensional art soon. I will not write about video art because it is completely lost on me.