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owlsgo
Joined: 21 Apr 2006
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 Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 12:17 pm Post subject: Re - Contemporary Artists? Show yourselves and your work!! |
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I'd assume my work is contemporary. Well, it's not at all realistic.
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minxdragon
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Location: Melbourne
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| Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 4:54 pm Post subject: Re - Contemporary Artists? Show yourselves and your work!! |
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Pop some photos of it up here! we'd love to see them 
These days, non-realist work, abstract, modernist, expressionistic and everything in-between are usually considered 'contemporary' (despite what Simon said, he was just being difficult!  ) As we aren't in a phase at the moment (or maybe are in one that will be defined in about 50 years) generally non realist works are considered contemporary, it is a good umbrella term. (yes its a bit of an oxymoron but then so is post-modernism )
anyway, pop 'em up here! we wanna see!
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Mr Pistachio
Joined: 06 Apr 2006
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| Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:07 pm Post subject: Re: Re - Contemporary Artists? Show yourselves and your work |
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[quote="chinaBeach"] | Quote: | | ChinaBeach, I think they are lovely, what techniques did you use? I especially like the top one. |
Much thanks for your kind words.
I can create an almost marble/cloud effect with 2 colours. I worked a few months with a house painter who also did these sorts of effects (mind you he was quite jealous since it took me a few weeks to work out and him much much longer )
Other than that I just use anything I can get my hands on as a stencil.
The top one is done with random shapes and just different spray patterns, the second is me branching out into paints that arent in cans and the 3rd is one stencil shape used in differnt ways.
I really like your work minxdragon, I would deffinetly love the second one on my wall... 
chinaBeach[/quot
MR P You are all giving me inspiration and a desire to throw some paint around on canvas. I don't know how to use the avatar, maybe I'm not into re-incarnation!!! any how to day I emailed a digital image to Brad Buchel so ask him for it on the forum I could use some feedback of any sort.on my work. can't afford a webpage yet. |
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Simon
Joined: 08 Dec 2005
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Location: Sydney
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| Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:18 pm Post subject: Re - Contemporary Artists? Show yourselves and your work!! |
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I tend to think that properly used, contempory is a term for art that is a result of currently valid concepts, more than the look of a work dictating whether it is contempory or not. A work that is realistic, (painting, sculpture photography) can very easily be either. Don't mean to be difficult.  |
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Mr Pistachio
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| Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:31 pm Post subject: Re: Re - Contemporary Artists? Show yourselves and your work |
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| draw1ngs wrote: | | I tend to think that properly used, contempory is a term for art that is a result of currently valid concepts, more than the look of a work dictating whether it is contempory or not. A work that is realistic, (painting, sculpture photography) can very easily be either. Don't mean to be difficult. |
I once arsked an Art teacher at a college I considered attending about what sort of art he taught. He replied we teach ART  |
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Simon
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| Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:34 pm Post subject: Re - Contemporary Artists? Show yourselves and your work!! |
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minxdragon
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Location: Melbourne
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| Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 6:35 pm Post subject: Re - Contemporary Artists? Show yourselves and your work!! |
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Its no probs Simon, I am just picking Its one of these labels that has had a lot of argument about it.. it really is an oxymoron in a huge way and is frequently used wrong (like post-modernism!) but the currently mainly accepted usage is really an umbrella term for current works that don't quite fit into a specific phasic nomenclature..
I always thought it would be fun to be an artist pioneering in a phase like expressionism or dadaism or something, would we feel a need to experiment? or would we want to break the mould? or would the act of being an artist in those times actually be mould breaking in itself? are we through with new phases and developments?
Sorry, I am in a weird mood...
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Simon
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| Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 8:04 pm Post subject: Re: Re - Contemporary Artists? Show yourselves and your work |
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| minxdragon wrote: | Its no probs Simon, I am just picking .....
...Sorry, I am in a weird mood... |
Hey, no need to apologise, just having a p i c k myself 
I don't try to paint like a technical master because I don't have the skill or patience or time for it anymore, I just try as hard as I can to be honest with myself about what I produce, and especially expressive. If I were to try and be that kind of a painter, my work would certainly be lost and insignifigant amonst all those that are great painters, which is a way for an uncompetitive person to say he can't compete with the technical skill of others. To me it doesn't matter if you're not that good with the brush, what matters is that you express yourself with it. |
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minxdragon
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| Posted: Sun Apr 23, 2006 10:53 pm Post subject: Re - Contemporary Artists? Show yourselves and your work!! |
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Well said!!
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jasmine
Joined: 27 Oct 2005
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| Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 9:14 pm Post subject: Re - Contemporary Artists? Show yourselves and your work!! |
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| Quote: | | To me it doesn't matter if you're not that good with the brush, what matters is that you express yourself with it |
Couldn't have said it better myself! |
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ArtByZoe
Joined: 18 Oct 2005
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Location: Melbourne
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| Posted: Sun Oct 01, 2006 2:52 pm Post subject: Re - Contemporary Artists? Show yourselves and your work!! |
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Hi all, I don't know what to classify my style as, as I do some paintings that are semi realistic, complete abstract/absurd to some, modern designer art/ etc, etc, but below I've attached one I've just recently finished called "Golden Day Break" it's painted on a 100cmx75cm ready to hang canvas, using burgundy/dustypink and then metallic gold for the sun bursts. - I've never posted an image here before so I'm not sure if this will work but here goes.
http://www.artwanted.com/imageview.cfm?ID=396395&SubGal=Abstract[/img] |
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michellegiacobello
Joined: 26 Jul 2006
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| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 10:12 am Post subject: Re - Contemporary Artists? Show yourselves and your work!! |
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Just found this thread!
I'm doing "contemporary" work, classifying it all is a bit of a wank though I reckon. I'm doing it now, and am alive now, so I reckon it's "contemporary". But agree that "contemporary" artists do seem to be a bit outnumbered in forums like these. Suprising, since most of the people making serious money out of their art seem to be "contemporary".
Perhaps they are too busy making money to be hanging out in the forums?
Here's my website:
www.michellegiacobello.com |
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suebee
Joined: 31 Aug 2006
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| Posted: Mon Oct 09, 2006 7:53 pm Post subject: Re - Contemporary Artists? Show yourselves and your work!! |
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| I suppose I am contemporary too. never really thought about it before |
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Minta
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:21 am Post subject: Re - Contemporary Artists? Show yourselves and your work!! |
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I wondered for years what the definition of contemporary art was. I remember at uni being given the assignment to paint a 'contemporary' landscape. I had no idea what made a landscape contemporary.
Recently I looked it up in the wikipedia and it turns out that contempary art is just todays art. I was surprised by the definition because it's so open and non-commited.
| wikipedia wrote: | | The term contemporary art generally refers to today's art. The use of the literal adjective "contemporary" to define this period in art history is partly due to the lack of any distinct or dominant school of art as recognized by artists, art historians and critics. It tends to include art made from the late 1960s to the present, or after the supposed or putative end of modern art or the Modernist period (however, artists are making "modern art" today, just as they are making art in practically all past styles or modes). |
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leonore
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Location: Adelaide
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| Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 9:29 am Post subject: Re - Contemporary Artists? Show yourselves and your work!! |
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Literal meanings and aesthetic meanings are two very differnt things.
yes the literal definition of contemporary is 'today' or current...but that is misleading in the instance of art.
for example a traditional 16th century 'dutch style' portrayal of landscape could be painted in october 2006, and not be regarded as 'contemporary' [of course]...you will find that contemporary in any aesthetic sense is a piece which reflects the moment/ the feeling of the social times in which it was painted, it will reflect the zeitgeist if you will. |
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