01-04-2012, 02:42 AM
Well, I am not too familiar with all these 'isms' and maybe I need to do some research, but my point was this: Why can't 'chocolate-boxy' be good? I mean, to me there is something about quaint simplicity that brings me peace. Now I know that some disdain such things, but again, that is up to taste. While the name of this thread is artistic taste, we are conversing less about the artist and more about the perception of the art itself.
For example: I think that Hank Williams Sr. was not only a talented songwriter, but also a visionary that lead country music to new, wonderful places- yet his music was simple and straight-forward with few frills. Similarly I enjoy the art of Thomas Kincade, who paints ocean scenes and not prolifically either. These things speak to me.
Dale mentioned a painting that he keeps for sentimental reasons. I have a similar painting(but I'd dare say worse) in my home. Before she died, my grandmother gave me a velvet portrait of a unicorn that in all honesty is hideous. I can say that it is hideous in my logical mind, but the fact remains that I love that simple picture because of the inference of her love for me. The same applies to art that was recommended: it has it's value because of the value it had to someone that you trust(or trusted at one time). We grow up and learn to think for ourselves, but art isn't something that is dependent on logic- there is a lot of heart in it.
For example: I think that Hank Williams Sr. was not only a talented songwriter, but also a visionary that lead country music to new, wonderful places- yet his music was simple and straight-forward with few frills. Similarly I enjoy the art of Thomas Kincade, who paints ocean scenes and not prolifically either. These things speak to me.
Dale mentioned a painting that he keeps for sentimental reasons. I have a similar painting(but I'd dare say worse) in my home. Before she died, my grandmother gave me a velvet portrait of a unicorn that in all honesty is hideous. I can say that it is hideous in my logical mind, but the fact remains that I love that simple picture because of the inference of her love for me. The same applies to art that was recommended: it has it's value because of the value it had to someone that you trust(or trusted at one time). We grow up and learn to think for ourselves, but art isn't something that is dependent on logic- there is a lot of heart in it.