Only the New (art)

[Karl Henning]

I don't know, I generally find it in bad taste for one artist to comment negatively of another artist's work - especially at the show itself.  And I think this despite all the quotes from very famous artists dissing their colleagues.  I do not consider that to their credit.

What was interesting about the opinion, Cato?

Not that you asked me (you didn't) but what I find interesting (even necessary) is that the artist is developing a filter.  For an older, more experienced artist who has a body of work under his belt already, it becomes less necessary;  but when you are just learning your craft, you don't really get anywhere -- you don't learn how to do what you need to do -- by thinking, it's all great art.

We probably all agree that Dyagilev overstated it a bit -- he was just emerging from the era of Romantic sensibility, after all -- but when he said, "To be a great artist, you must learn to hate." -- there's an important kernel of truth in there.

I'll admit there is music which I consider utter rubbish. But then, neither do I have any need to blare out on a megaphone that it's rubbish, particularly on GMG where there may be a neighbor whom I wish to do no injury, and who quite likes that rubbish that music.

[Karl Henning]

Aye, just so.

[Cato]

What was interesting about the opinion, Cato?  ...  It does seem remarkable that with a promising future ahead of her, she already sounds like people who have already failed at creatively making things and sublimated their bitterness and disappointment into exactitude. ...

How did she become so weary, so soon?

Not that you asked me (you didn't) but what I find interesting (even necessary) is that the artist is developing a filter.  For an older, more experienced artist who has a body of work under his belt already, it becomes less necessary;  but when you are just learning your craft, you don't really get anywhere -- you don't learn how to do what you need to do -- by thinking, it's all great art.

The girl was expressing (I think) not quite world-weariness with the comment, but rather exasperation with the modern scholastic atmosphere of "everyone is a winner" as parents and grandparents fawned over everything.

She is old enough and experienced enough now, as Karl says above, to have started filtering things.

[CaughtintheGaze]

For the night: Ellen Eagle
http://www.elleneagleportraits.com/

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For the morning: Venera Kastrati
http://www.venerakastrati.it/

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For the night: Karim Noureldin
http://www.karimnoureldin.net/

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For the night: Myfanwy Bekker
http://www.myfanwybekker.com/

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For the night: Sanchita Islam
http://www.richmix.org.uk/whats-on/event/sanchita-islam-retrospective-where-are-all-the-young-british-asian-artists/

[CaughtintheGaze]

For the night: Nancy Metz White
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Metz_White

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For the morning: Cornelia Parker
http://www.frithstreetgallery.com/artists/bio/cornelia_parker

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For the night: Babs Reingold
http://www.babsreingold.com/

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For the morning: Minerva Cuevas
http://www.irational.org/minerva/resume.html

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For the morning: Iñaki Bonillas
http://dawire.com/2010/09/17/inaki-bonillas-at-projecte-sd/

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For the night: Spartacus Chetwynd
http://www.saatchigallery.com/artists/spartacus_chetwynd.htm

[Octave]

How do you discover new pieces and makers, Philo?  It seems at a glance like you draw your images from a large number of sources.  I enjoy looking at contemporary art, but it's often hard for me to know where to trawl, and my investigation time can get pretty thin. 
Are there some useful feeds or aggregators or whatnot for looking at/for things?

[CaughtintheGaze]

How do you discover new pieces and makers, Philo?  It seems at a glance like you draw your images from a large number of sources.  I enjoy looking at contemporary art, but it's often hard for me to know where to trawl, and my investigation time can get pretty thin. 
Are there some useful feeds or aggregators or whatnot for looking at/for things?

My first rule is to always keep an open mind, and to not trust my first impulse. I also will post artists whose works don't appeal to me currently, as this thread is not about my personal preference, but rather about presenting artists who are currently still alive and working.

As to my method, it's largely luck of the draw (hyperlinking, usually) and the use of aggregation (category:wikipedia, usually).

[CaughtintheGaze]

For the morning: Hatice Guleryuz
http://www.haticeguleryuz.com/

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For the night: Xavier Blum Pinto
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xavier_Blum_Pinto

[CaughtintheGaze]

For the night: Colter Jacobsen
http://www.gallerypauleanglim.com/Press_Releases/Entries/2013/2/5_Colter_Jacobsen_-_Scanning_the_long_sleeves_of_the_shore.html

[Henk]

Just made this morning.