Author Archives: Don Pelota
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James Elkins on painting
“Recently, some art historians have become more interested in what paint can say. They suggest that since art history and criticism are so adept at thinking about what paint represents (that is, the stories and subjects, and the artists and their patrons), then it should also be possible to write something about the paint itself.Continue reading “James Elkins on painting”
Temples
Gillian Ayres
Today, a fellow artist told me about Gillian Ayres. I had never heard of her, so I looked her up. In the 4 seconds it took me to conduct a Google image search, I knew I had discovered a new source of inspiration. I mean, just look at this painting. It’s a riot of color.Continue reading “Gillian Ayres”
Jung on art
Every great work of art is objective and impersonal, and yet profoundly moving. The personal life of the artist is at most a help or a hindrance, but is never essential to his creative task. His personal career may be interesting & inevitable, but it does not explain his art. Carl Jung
