tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post5564928212975654736..comments2023-08-29T08:48:55.919-04:00Comments on Carol Diehl's Art Vent: 2012: Out with the .....? and in with the .....?Carol Diehlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023589628710711343noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-40049251785701116202012-01-09T13:17:53.576-05:002012-01-09T13:17:53.576-05:00An exhilarating post. Thanks for the fresh air!
T...An exhilarating post. Thanks for the fresh air!<br /><br />The question at the heart of your post seems to be Does knowing current and past art really well help an artist or prevent an artist from creating good new work?<br /><br />The little girl in the cool outfits clearly isn't up on her Betsy Johnson, and only because we have a natural affection for her -- and a sensitivity to the details -- do we not dismiss her as an unwitting wheel-reinventor.<br /><br />It's my belief that if people understood that an artwork's importance lies not its status as a "plot point" in the trajectory of Art History, if people were less quick to criticize something for having been "done," they would notice that it is nearly impossible for an artist or musician NOT to offer SOMETHING fresh and new in every work. To expect anything less is to stop looking and listening entirely!<br /><br />Which introduces my real point: "Development" is just "Innovation" in smaller increments, and smaller increments, to an increasingly conscious population, are as invigorating and inspiring as the debut of Elvis. We, the supposedly "stunned" youth, are, on the contrary, highly attuned. We are sensitive to the innumerable artistic variations possible at any given moment -- and enthusiastic about our freedom to riff on them. We feel no need to push against the past in order to have our say, and we don't see artworks and artists of the past lined up in a sad hierarchy like "The Evolution of Man" but rather a big party in which we get to watch each other dance and imitate, with our unique bodies, any moves we please.<br /><br />Creating art and music are no longer rebellious pursuits in service to an ego's need to distinguish itself, but rather acts of appreciation and celebration -- including for the fact that nothing precludes anything. It's not even possible for a single person to recreate his OWN artwork over and over without altering and improving it.<br /><br />Yes, Virginia, we artists can't help but be original. It's okay if not everybody sees it yet. Soon, the large print edition will come out. That may be more to my taste, too. Drama is a powerful flavor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-15076990015933321712012-01-06T20:07:16.864-05:002012-01-06T20:07:16.864-05:00I really enjoyed your post! I disagreed with that ...I really enjoyed your post! I disagreed with that article as well. It smacked of being an old curmudgeon..yes, everyone influences everyone, it doesn't mean it isn't new..There are whole experiences that get interpreted and the filter is different if you are an 18 year old, emulating Gram Parsons, than a 40 year old..Critics lose their ears/and frankly art critics too, when they can only see their own experiences through their reflected age in new work..<br />While there isn't a Strokes/Yeah Yeah Yeahs moment happening,there is interesting things happening,it reminds me of the late 80's when many different movements of music were percolating.It's not a fallow time.I was a musician before I returned to painting,I was signed on Interscope, experienced the record industry in the 90's.While there was a lot of money in the industry then, it seemed so hard to make things happen if you weren't signed.By the late 90's payola was so entrenched in the radio/record store, it seemed unless you had billions, you couldn't make music...now that the whole industry blew apart and the advent of youtube,blogs,internet radio- I think bands are just starting to realize what they can do.Although I have an art career now in painting, I actually think that it is not a bad time to do my music again.It's become so wonderfully DIY, it is liberating.michelle muldrownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-42404605488995172052012-01-06T13:13:33.248-05:002012-01-06T13:13:33.248-05:00Great post. It's interesting that the world p...Great post. It's interesting that the world population recently reached 7 billion, the highest ever on the planet. And all of these people for the first time in history have the technology to<br />communicate on a global scale. Statistics alone dictate the probability of an interesting conversation, but how that manifests into art has yet to be fully realized. <br /><br />thanks carol!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-6203944418396411092012-01-06T12:12:00.167-05:002012-01-06T12:12:00.167-05:00fantastic post Carol, thank you!!fantastic post Carol, thank you!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-49623258072587217392012-01-06T11:51:59.982-05:002012-01-06T11:51:59.982-05:00BTW, congrats on the Warhol grant. Hopefully, this...BTW, congrats on the Warhol grant. Hopefully, this means we'll see more posts this year.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12213131293368857479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-48750361685416541932012-01-05T20:08:23.104-05:002012-01-05T20:08:23.104-05:00We're talking about Tom Waits here, I presume....We're talking about Tom Waits here, I presume. No, I have complete respect for Cohen and Dylan as artists and game-changers, although sometimes I prefer to hear someone else sing their songs. :-) Down and out never held much fascination for me.Carol Diehlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023589628710711343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4865764596112100655.post-31947748872773102012012-01-05T19:47:36.281-05:002012-01-05T19:47:36.281-05:00It is mostly a male thing. Somehow the imagery of ...It is mostly a male thing. Somehow the imagery of lying face down in the gutter after a long night of drinking and smoking (even if you don't smoke), and having midgets dancing over your half dead body while prostitutes pick the last dimes out of your pee stained pants appeals to our sense of accomplishment and survival skills. But still, as a poet, you must appreciate his lyrics? Next you're going to say you don't like Leonard Cohen or Bob Dylan either -- please, don't let it be true!Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12213131293368857479noreply@blogger.com