[HN Gopher] Art that was hiding in plain sight
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       Art that was hiding in plain sight
        
       Author : drdee
       Score  : 14 points
       Date   : 2021-10-25 03:42 UTC (19 hours ago)
        
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       | bobthechef wrote:
       | Can someone explain what how they see this painting? I'm looking
       | at it and I want to know what others are thinking when they look
       | at it.
        
         | tehchromic wrote:
         | I see the artist's experience of family including comedy,
         | tragedy, pleasure, pain, all expressed in the beautiful
         | language of modernist paint which is cryptic and multiple in
         | meanings but simple and direct in material.
        
         | dillondoyle wrote:
         | To me it looks like an extension, or progression, of some of my
         | favorite Money paintings just based on the colors, composition,
         | and visible strokes alone. I don't have a problem admitting i
         | like aesthetic art and I just like the colors & composition
         | 
         | But i do also 'feel' emotion in it, also reminds me of a darker
         | degas dancers in the shapes/movement.
         | 
         | when evaluating this kind of art one should look at the time
         | and history when it was made.
         | 
         | One of the other commenters mentions his sad personally
         | history, I think a lot of it related to loss in the Armenian
         | Genocide and how to express those emotions.
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         | maybe start the timeline looking at impressionism, post
         | impressionism. i mentioned monet above as an example, one of my
         | favorite artists ever - if you're in paris check out the
         | orangerie...
         | 
         | One way to look at it - and there are a billion ways that's kid
         | of the point of AbEx - is to draw a line from realism ->
         | invention of photography -> huge changes in society,
         | intellectualism, e.g. look at the paris school of artists of
         | the time -> which is all majorly blunted by war -> which leads
         | to a specific culture many early and contemporary artists rebel
         | against. they want to express their own unique personality.
         | 
         | All of this re imagining what art is and what composition can
         | be with no restraints of trying to be 'realistic,' since you
         | can't beat a photo.
         | 
         | But that just one simplistic take of history.
        
       | haspoken wrote:
       | https://archive.md/ngsAv
        
       | dillondoyle wrote:
       | It sounds like they were able to save the paper work on top? That
       | would make this story a lot better IMHO.
       | 
       | The intentions seem good and directed by a close relative
       | controlling the estate.
       | 
       | The cheeky part of me thinks this is classic genius Mega behavior
       | to 'unearth' or 'discover' a piece that would go for a hundred or
       | maybe two hundred thousand dollars more (Hauser & Wirth).
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       | Plus now they can upsell the 'original' work on paper! it's now a
       | diptych ;) they'll send a PDF, no pricing, nothings available.
       | 
       | Love the last sentence of the article, the mad scramble of
       | galleries, museums, collectors hoping to find a double freebie in
       | their collection!
        
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