tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post6628052007884087353..comments2023-12-21T07:05:42.464-05:00Comments on Erik's Choice: Adventures in Folk ArtErik Donald Francehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-3427529162924255772012-05-16T06:12:49.224-05:002012-05-16T06:12:49.224-05:00Like the term primitive art, outsider art does not...Like the term primitive art, outsider art does not really do it justice either. I wonder if we need to categorize it at all? What I like about this piece and others like it is it tells a story with color and vigor. I don't much care if it lacks perspective.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22752109.post-76380478954128695832012-05-15T05:16:12.084-05:002012-05-15T05:16:12.084-05:00In this particular piece it depends on where you w...In this particular piece it depends on where you want to go with it. It qualifies as primitive, lacks technical ability (lines and perspectives are all wrong) but those are the simple mathematics of the painting. <br /><br />Why this works as ART is that the use of color is balanced, the scene is well placed and the joy of the congregation is evident if you put yourself into it to be a part of the celebration. <br /><br />I have seen and handled literally thousands of paintings and to be honest I thought about half of them had the math right but the technical wiped out the emotion.<br /><br />Dada for example to me is about as an emotionless school of art as the world has ever seen and like the beat generation if it wasn't a train wreck people couldn't stop looking at I don't think it would have ever gone beyond the mutual admiration society they both were.<br /><br />But then the government (Germany Dada) and Beats(American) got involved and they all of a sudden were on the hit parade. Not because of merit but because of controversy.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.com