painted by Michelangelo 'and' his helpers.
A point that can be made here:
"Where Dogma of the past Roman gods meets the idea of monotheism(a meeting of dogmatic pagan gods of the past and the dogmatic laws of their present church, in which the Renaissance relieved its people of eventually), and in this grandiose building we find a wall of Philosophers, in which the 'artist' Michelangelo painted 'himself' into.
Philosophy is the pre-cursor to modern science, so where is our 'Sistine Chapel' to built upon today? and how shall we paint it, sculpt it??...an important question we must ask ourselves, in order to survive another 500 years as a civil society.
A society that allows us the freedoms to believe in what they believed and also deny what we wish? Collectively, we can at least enjoy the beauty that still survives today, and at the same tine choose what draws us in individually.
For we have the civilized law(equality), which must stay intact; a 'wall of free thought/will' fortified to defend us, no matter the case or charges. It's through the separation of church/state, that we each have the right to an equal influence, an ability of projecting our individual thoughts onto church/state itself.
This vital 'separation' is still valid, so long as one person isn't shoved in a closet for the sake of the other...or idea, artwork, or country! A jury listens to all arguments before settling on its decision; the 'Sistine Chapel' is a great model for this, how the ideas of today can survive well into the future; where we the people still are the jury, so let us be wise on judgement I say.
link to reference for photo above:
http://www.home.earthlink.net/~ampeck/sistine...
Fred Tarr
ReplyDeletegood balanced thoughtful quote here in the blog and I like : without having to explain ourselves." also among the inner circle of abstract expressionists of 2010 to the present in America, we recall and are aware of the unmistakable impact of our work upon viewers of our work . working together we will eradicate and transcend a collective fear issue in the viewer that sometimes surfaces when viewers approach and view an abstract work of art. and they aren't just fearful they are not "getting it" as in meaning. there is something else; kind of a collective xenophobia, a shift from the microcosm dictatorial sub text of a hand held personal communications device and the act of stepping back and viewing one of our paintings . how can we as abstract artists account for this new phenomena. before it was " the hurried schedule" I want to get a chance to finish shopping, take lil'; susie to soccer practice and then some time to go to mansfield,( montpieler) hartford etc community art center and see an art exhibition there. hahh a moment to myself." now the act of viewing is compounded by technology. so how do we rate the experience viewers have. we need to find out what viewers think: where were they on the day they came to see our work, where were they going after? then write a compendium about this fact finding journey of abstract artists in 2012.how to better understand the connection between the product, our painting on the wall and the viewer coming into the room. I'll post this in your blog, chad at a later time, gotta head out.
September 2 at 8:01am ·