I hate Art!

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The title of this post is quite offensive and I didn't wrote it with pleasure, because I love art, however I do understand the purpose of this post. When Sam introduced the topic, my first thought was to choose something in abstract painting , something in one colour, or just a blank canvas.  I choose Agnes Martin's painting because it is unfortunately in one colour, makes me thinking " the was no effort to paint this picture " its just a blue square, everyone can do that" Sometimes it is so difficult to understand abstract art. I wouldn't choose this picture to hang in my living room, simply because is not my cup of tea and the wall is in the same colour, so it would disappeared eventually. On the other hand,  abstract paintings are always been sold for a million dollars because "it will look good in the office". Not fair.


Agnes Martin, Night Sea,1963

However, during the research I find out more about Agnes Martin and her art. and I really like her as a person, she was lovely, she painted beauty. 

The author of the article about Agnes Martin said : "That’s the great thing about abstract paintings. You don’t have to understand what they are showing you. What is more important is how the artwork makes you feel."


Agnes Martin (1912-2004) American abstract painter, became famous during her life in New York, however after she moved to New Mexico in 1968 she suddenly decided to live alone and do not like to be famous and recognised anymore.

‘Awareness of beauty, innocence and happiness … one cannot make works of art’ Agnes Martin

In her opinion to be a good artist, you have to understand and appreciate all of the beautiful things in life. Martin often painted by using light colours, lot of her artworks are about beauty. Over the years she developed her signature canvas size: six by six foot, covered completely with paint. Her artwork have influenced many other artist and fashion designers and one of her paintings was actually sold for 4.2 million dollars in 2015!












IdeelArt (2016) Famous Abstract Paintings That Changed The Way We Perceive Art Available from: https://www.ideelart.com/magazine/famous-abstract-paintings [Accessed on 13.04.22]

 Tate (ND) Who is Agnes Martin? Available from: https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-agnes-martin [Accessed: 10.04.22]

Comments

  1. Sam Dargan17 April 2022 at 16:31

    Interesting how you changed your mind based on the further research you did and the class discussion was also eye opening as you seemed to re-consider your choice according to the feedback you received. Good choice, glad you participated in this.

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