by Erin, Caitlyn, and Lindsey
Artists' Statement: Love dosen't have to look beautiful to be beautiful. It is often chaos and nonsensical. This piece is our abstraction of love. Love is a banana, and is bizarre and individual, as well as .... (the rest of the handwritten statement is illegible -mrb)
Comments:
"I like the rose and all the marshmellows yummy." -Chris
4 comments:
In many ways more horrific and painful to watch than the bloody and mutilated banana. Very, very profound.
This piece was very busy to me... I think I was confused, and didn't know where to focus... where the center was... and rather than absorbing the various elements, I probably dismissed it as too much work...
...upon reflection, these responses seem very shallow to me... I wonder if I'm a lazy connoisseur?
I like things that don't have focus
Hmmm... in spite of my last comments, and in light of yours, I found myself stricken with this painting yesterday at the MET in NY:
http://pds7.egloos.com/pds/200709/26/57/d0010557_46fa164850bd5.jpg
An image search of "Eugene Carriere" will produce more of his works in which he manipulates focus in the literal sense... although I get the feeling that you are talking about lack-of- focus in a broader sense...
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