Pablo Picasso
I agree with Pablo (quoted above) - and also one of my idols, Max Ernst, who said "Art has nothing to do with taste. Art is not there to be tasted”. I made my digital image with these in mind, a sort of tongue-in-cheek statement. I use the phrase "Good Taste in Art" in some of my videos in the closing credits, and also in printed material, hoping that both Pablo and Max will understand how I mean this:
I didn't record the steps I took, except the result of the initial image (selfie) with the Magna Mater Pizza already added:
the photo was taken in my studio in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada - back then, no beard, no long hair!
The paintings used for the image
PABLO'S LAST CONCERT
Now I am flooding you with quotes about art, and you may want to follow some of those links in order to see what interested me about the thoughts of the artists mentioned. We all have to endure criticism at times, and Duchamp put it bluntly:
“Not everyone is an artist but everyone is a fucking critic.”
Marcel Duchamp
These works were from my mature period already. I was not always that accomplished. While I was always good with drawing, painting was a struggle for quite some time, until I began to study the methods of the "Vienna School of Fantastic Realism" more closely. By the time I entered University (1977 to 82), I had already established my style. Starting out is a struggle, as the quote below so well says:
Ira Glass
The above is a writers perspective - and then we have Picasso again that tells you to loosen up:
Pablo Picasso
OK Pablo, here is the perfect video to get motivated:
and that is all I have to say about this!
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