Posts by DCBCauchi
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Cracker: Spotted, in reply to merc,
Painting is for wimps, I wrestle my images out of stone.
Now there is an argument worth having!
I came across an argument recently that painting is derived from carving. This was in a discussion about early Renaissance painted and carved images, but the connection to Maori carving, tatooing, and painting was striking I thought.
As a consequence I have tried introducing carving virtues into my paintings.
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Hard News: Occupy: Don't call it a protest, in reply to Matthew Poole,
I am not even going to bother. There would be too many rude words involved. Someone might get offended by my hate crime.
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Hard News: Occupy: Don't call it a protest, in reply to Matthew Poole,
On the basis of this, I’d say you probably owe the Dunedin constabulary something akin to an apology. Wouldn’t you?
As soon as they prosecute the police who acted unlawfully during the early 90s student protests and aftermath in a fair trial held in public I will. Sure.
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Rich and Ben: I’ll do a generalised response, without quotes.
You chose to participate in this discussion. If you want to take the ‘I don’t know much about art (mutter mutter imply something about effete snobs) but I know what I like’ line, fine. No skin off my nose. But I wasn’t the one to start casting aspersions.
Yes, I enjoy talking about this stuff. It’s my life. It also seems to interest other people. However, virtually no-one is prepared to discuss it in public. And I’m really sick of the sound of my own voice. I’d like to hear other people’s points of view.
I really don’t think I ask that much. All I want from life is to be able to do my work, my work, and put it out there for anyone else who might be interested.
Apparently this is tantamount to a crime. People whisper behind my back, call me names, try to nobble me in various ways. But rarely say anything to my face, oh no. And definitely not in public.
For the temerity of going to art school, I have had three years of people saying, as if with one voice, ‘Oh no, you’re not a painter, and those are not paintings. We do not want to look at them, and never will we discuss them. You’re a performance artist, and have you considered doing a video?’
My partner and I are on the bones of our arse, and these smug people with comfortable salaries call me a sell-out and all kinds of other names for showing in dealer galleries, as if there’s anywhere else that will even deign to consider showing paintings. There is a reason I do not go for public funding or show my work in public galleries. They don't want to know.
You need a thick skin to be a painter here today. You’re up against it, every step of the way.
And if you push back instead of knuckling under, then it’s all on. No holds barred.
All I want is to make my work and put it out there. I don’t think this is too much to ask. It is not unreasonable or outrageous.
But just you try it. See what kind of reaction you get. How would you respond?
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Cracker: Spotted, in reply to Sacha,
All of these things have been art works. Someone's recently had a baby in a gallery as an art work even.
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Cracker: Spotted, in reply to Sacha,
Whatcha talkin’ ’bout, Willis?
Point me to something creative that someone doesn’t claim is art. The standard definitions are pretty goddamn inclusive.
People have been talking as if the old distinctions between art forms – 'high' art 'low' art etc – are still current. As if it were 50 years ago or more.
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Cracker: Spotted, in reply to Rich Lock,
Then what did this mean?
The older I get, the less I care (in all senses) for other peoples implicit or explicit judgement on my tastes.
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I get the impression that neither Rich nor Ben want to talk about anything to do with art in case someone says rude things about the kind of music that they like. And fair enough.
But just try coming up with something of your own, making it, then putting it out there and standing by it. See what kind of reaction you get.
Then we can talk.
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Cracker: Spotted, in reply to Ian Dalziel,
Fair warning: I am in the process of titling paintings, and I steal good lines.
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Cracker: Spotted, in reply to Sacha,
Painting is a privileged context here.
I think I just laughed so much I wet my pants.