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In lugnet.announce.moc, Felix Greco wrote:
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Contribution
This was an experiment in non-representational art. The idea was that each
sphere contributes a part of itself in a unique, but ordered fashion. I was
inspired by a book I read about Wassily Kandinsky.
Check Yourself
A self-portrait of sorts. The model is supposed to represent a long hard
look at one’s self. I think I missed the mark on this one-- looks more like
someone drinking from a water fountain. Perhaps I’ll rename it “What’s this
mirror doing at the drinking fountain?”
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Welcome back Felix.
I tend to assume that silence on Lugnet indicates busy-ness elsewhere and
building. It appears that you’ve been building quite a bit.
I don’t think you missed the mark with Check Yourself; I think that it’s
somewhat open-ended in that people can see what they want/need to in it. And,
that’s good; too often I see stuff that’s trying too hard to get a point
across. I really like Contribution for its very abstract quality.
I think it’s time we made a bigger deal about the artistic side of what we AFOLs
do. Gallery shows, maybe a separate art display at brickfests etc. I know, there
are of course time and space constraints, but I can just imagine this stuff and
stuff like Brendan Powell Smith’s ‘wallpaper’ for instance, in a gallery setting. I think there’s a whole other
audience out there. I agree with Larry that we could show a thing or two to
those artists who’ve ‘dabbled’ without fully understanding the brick medium.
Artists who use oil paints would be equally (and justifiably) critical if I (and
I’m sure, many other AFOLs) were to start painting in oil.
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Clock 1 and
Clock 2
These
always go over big when company comes over-- I don’t know why. The Sea
Monkeys get a raised eyebrow while the clocks (which aren’t too imaginative)
get cheers. The non-AFOL’s tastes are odd. I made two more smaller clocks
in a similar SNOT manner and gave them to friends as Christmas gifts but
never photographed them.
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Ah, yes, the non-AFOLs are a fascinating breed. We continue to study them. I
think the appreciation for Sea Monkeys is more of an ‘inside’ sort of thing.
Count me as one of the ones who enjoys them, but I can see how they would still
look like a toy to the untrained eye. The clocks on the other hand, are both a
familiar useful object and probably quite surprising to someone expecting a toy
with studs on the top; they transcend the medium for non-AFOLs. And they are
quite elegant. I imagine that the non-AFOLs don’t fully appreciate the SNOT that
went into the clocks either, but they know what they like.
Keep creating, Felix.
Peace and artistry,
Professor Whateverly
click for art.
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| (...) The thought of a true art show is a bit intimidating to me. But I agree that the community has the potential to do so. I think it would be funny to go to one of my local coffee shops that display the usual "my dad is a jerk, no one loves me" (...) (20 years ago, 7-Mar-04, to lugnet.build, lugnet.aquazone, FTX)
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| Fitting time in for building has been hard these days, but I get it in every once in a while. Just thought I'd say hi and show some of the stuff I've been up to lately. I apologize for the grainy pics which probably don't represent the models (...) (20 years ago, 4-Mar-04, to lugnet.announce.moc, lugnet.build, lugnet.aquazone, FTX) !!
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