Thoughts on Salvador Dalì

[Kory]

He's better than anything you guys could do! /matisse fanboy

It's true, we do sound like the "my 8-year-old could do that" brigade, but I like Pollock, who is arguably even less talented.

I didn't like Pollock until I saw one in person. Jesus that was an experience.

Where was it?

[Dr. Medulla]

He's better than anything you guys could do! /matisse fanboy

It's true, we do sound like the "my 8-year-old could do that" brigade, but I like Pollock, who is arguably even less talented.

I didn't like Pollock until I saw one in person. Jesus that was an experience.

I've wondered if I'd have that experience. I look at Pollock and intellectualize it, so to speak, and so I shrug my shoulders. So I wonder if it's more of a visceral experience that demand proximity and a sense of scale and texture.

[Wolter]

He's better than anything you guys could do! /matisse fanboy

It's true, we do sound like the "my 8-year-old could do that" brigade, but I like Pollock, who is arguably even less talented.

I didn't like Pollock until I saw one in person. Jesus that was an experience.

Where was it?

Art Institute of Chicago.

[Wolter]

He's better than anything you guys could do! /matisse fanboy

It's true, we do sound like the "my 8-year-old could do that" brigade, but I like Pollock, who is arguably even less talented.

I didn't like Pollock until I saw one in person. Jesus that was an experience.

I've wondered if I'd have that experience. I look at Pollock and intellectualize it, so to speak, and so I shrug my shoulders. So I wonder if it's more of a visceral experience that demand proximity and a sense of scale and texture.

The latter for me. There’s so much depth there.

[coffeepotman]

To see a room filled with giant Jackson Pollocks is something amazing to behold. IN NYC at MOMA they have several in their collection and it is something truly to behold. https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/226

[Kory]

He's better than anything you guys could do! /matisse fanboy

It's true, we do sound like the "my 8-year-old could do that" brigade, but I like Pollock, who is arguably even less talented.

I didn't like Pollock until I saw one in person. Jesus that was an experience.

I've wondered if I'd have that experience. I look at Pollock and intellectualize it, so to speak, and so I shrug my shoulders. So I wonder if it's more of a visceral experience that demand proximity and a sense of scale and texture.

The latter for me. There’s so much depth there.

Yeah, I've seen one at Seattle Art Museum (kinda normal sized) and one at the Met in NY (which is huge). It's a bit like looking into a vortex or something.
Wolt, was it any of these? I'm curious about the piece that struck your heart: http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/ar ... 2C+Jackson

[Wolter]

It's true, we do sound like the "my 8-year-old could do that" brigade, but I like Pollock, who is arguably even less talented.

I didn't like Pollock until I saw one in person. Jesus that was an experience.

I've wondered if I'd have that experience. I look at Pollock and intellectualize it, so to speak, and so I shrug my shoulders. So I wonder if it's more of a visceral experience that demand proximity and a sense of scale and texture.

The latter for me. There’s so much depth there.

Yeah, I've seen one at Seattle Art Museum (kinda normal sized) and one at the Met in NY (which is huge). It's a bit like looking into a vortex or something.
Wolt, was it any of these? I'm curious about the piece that struck your heart: http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/ar ... 2C+Jackson

Greyed Rainbow.

[Kory]

I didn't like Pollock until I saw one in person. Jesus that was an experience.

I've wondered if I'd have that experience. I look at Pollock and intellectualize it, so to speak, and so I shrug my shoulders. So I wonder if it's more of a visceral experience that demand proximity and a sense of scale and texture.

The latter for me. There’s so much depth there.

Yeah, I've seen one at Seattle Art Museum (kinda normal sized) and one at the Met in NY (which is huge). It's a bit like looking into a vortex or something.
Wolt, was it any of these? I'm curious about the piece that struck your heart: http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/ar ... 2C+Jackson

Greyed Rainbow.

That is a cool one. I'm not sure I've seen it before—it's definitely a little more structured looking than the ones I've seen in person at least. Did you ever see the Ed Harris film?

[Wolter]

I've wondered if I'd have that experience. I look at Pollock and intellectualize it, so to speak, and so I shrug my shoulders. So I wonder if it's more of a visceral experience that demand proximity and a sense of scale and texture.

The latter for me. There’s so much depth there.

Yeah, I've seen one at Seattle Art Museum (kinda normal sized) and one at the Met in NY (which is huge). It's a bit like looking into a vortex or something.
Wolt, was it any of these? I'm curious about the piece that struck your heart: http://www.artic.edu/aic/collections/ar ... 2C+Jackson

Greyed Rainbow.

That is a cool one. I'm not sure I've seen it before—it's definitely a little more structured looking than the ones I've seen in person at least. Did you ever see the Ed Harris film?

I did. I thought it was pretty good.

[JennyB]

He's better than anything you guys could do! /matisse fanboy

It's true, we do sound like the "my 8-year-old could do that" brigade, but I like Pollock, who is arguably even less talented.

I didn't like Pollock until I saw one in person. Jesus that was an experience.

That's how I originally felt about Rothko, and now he's my favorite artist.

[Dr. Medulla]

He's better than anything you guys could do! /matisse fanboy

It's true, we do sound like the "my 8-year-old could do that" brigade, but I like Pollock, who is arguably even less talented.

I didn't like Pollock until I saw one in person. Jesus that was an experience.

That's how I originally felt about Rothko, and now he's my favorite artist.

Same here with Thomas Kinkade.

[Mimi]

He's better than anything you guys could do! /matisse fanboy

It's true, we do sound like the "my 8-year-old could do that" brigade, but I like Pollock, who is arguably even less talented.

I didn't like Pollock until I saw one in person. Jesus that was an experience.

That's how I originally felt about Rothko, and now he's my favorite artist.

Same here with Thomas Kinkade.

A former coworker once said with great conviction that Thomas Kinkade was the greatest artist ever.

[JennyB]

It's true, we do sound like the "my 8-year-old could do that" brigade, but I like Pollock, who is arguably even less talented.

I didn't like Pollock until I saw one in person. Jesus that was an experience.

That's how I originally felt about Rothko, and now he's my favorite artist.

Same here with Thomas Kinkade.

A former coworker once said with great conviction that Thomas Kinkade was the greatest artist ever.

Did you drown that coworker?

[Mimi]

I didn't like Pollock until I saw one in person. Jesus that was an experience.

That's how I originally felt about Rothko, and now he's my favorite artist.

Same here with Thomas Kinkade.

A former coworker once said with great conviction that Thomas Kinkade was the greatest artist ever.

Did you drown that coworker?

*sigh* No. Other than some very provincial thinking, she and her twin sister are good people.

[Dr. Medulla]

It's true, we do sound like the "my 8-year-old could do that" brigade, but I like Pollock, who is arguably even less talented.

I didn't like Pollock until I saw one in person. Jesus that was an experience.

That's how I originally felt about Rothko, and now he's my favorite artist.

Same here with Thomas Kinkade.

A former coworker once said with great conviction that Thomas Kinkade was the greatest artist ever.

I will say this: all the rods and cones in your eyes are activated by his work, and for several minutes afterwards you can still see it when looking at a white wall.