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Inspiration From Artists Wk 213 Featuring Artist : Peter Monaghan and Toss Wollaston.
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Don't play it safe - there's not much point in showing us artists we're all going to go suitably dippy over - guaranteed. It isn't even as if Toss Wollaston was a very modern artist - I understand he's not controversial in NZ, but accepted as part of their artistic landscape; so it's up to you and Paul, but just because some of us react adversely to a choice doesn't mean that it was a bad choice. There's a well-known Australian artist, whose name I've forgotten for the moment - I don't know how well he'd go down on PoL (Sidney someone? Or Stanley.... anyone have a memory they're not using?) but he has a high reputation. A lot of this just depends on the tastes of the time - not so much the work maybe, as the reaction to it. The unusual can jolt us out of preconceptions - a lot to be said for that.
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Robert, you may be thinking of Sir Sidney Nolan who in later life lived in Herefordshire and had a prize winning herd of Welsh Black cattle. I know this odd fact because my brother in law worked for him for many years showing the cattle. I remember my sister in law saying that his art was “very strange” though he was a good employer and a pleasant man. I don’t think he painted much then.
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Interesting comment Robert. I actually did think they were bad choices, hence the change. I'm not changing yet again and I don't think you'll "go dippy" over my currrent selection. Only three slots to fill before I take off in July to explore a couple of Australian coasts. Paul has asked me to continue when I come back later in August, I'll have another look then.
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Some time ago, I introduced the award-winning Australian artist Lise Temple - mostly abstract but I’d say some were semi-abstract… she paints on a big scale and I found her work really inspiring, something different.
It created very little interest on here as I recall, scathing remarks even! Yes, I was disappointed!
I understand Sandra’s comment about modifying her choice next time… but she shouldn’t!
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by Alan Bickley
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I’m pleased that Sandra is continuing to post artist from the souther hemisphere when she come back from her holiday.
It is frustrating when you have put the work into presenting an artist after all,the research etc to have little response and negative comments seem to stand out more , as Jenny said to me we both have developed a thick skin but none the less I does make you wonder occasionally about is it worth the efforts. This sounds like a begging letter for more resources but it not , it’s understandable that we don’t like every single artist or painting we see I certainly don’t. What does help is when you make a comment about the work is a simple don’t like it but can see skills needed to achieve it , all artwork needs some skill to make it look decent. The reason Sandra wanted to change is partially because of the response and the next couple of artist would be less attractive than the last one she posted , hence the feeling it would be very poorly received. She hasn’t gone for all set and sickly artwork just artist that are more conventional and from the Southern Hemisphere, so different scenes and different styles , I recall sone pointing out the different lighting in paintings from the region. It been a good conversation that has developed and has I hope helped Sandra and others .
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Sandra, I agree with earlier comments that you shouldn’t think about ‘playing it safe’ with your choice of artist. Yes, the work of some artists will not be popular with everyone, and some will receive a rather negative (sometimes scathing) comment which can be upsetting for those of us who have taken the time and effort to introduce an artist - but it can be that these negative comments and others’ response to them spark an interesting, lively debate - and there have been quite a few of these over the years! Like Paul has said, we do often wonder sometimes if it’s worth the effort, but it only takes one really positive comment to change that. At the end of the day, we do it because we enjoy researching and presenting artists who are new to us - and that is sometimes the only reward we really need for carrying on.
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by Jenny Harris
