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Every creation is a death and renewal.
An artist creates; and in creating a work of art he has emptied himself into it a part of himself and broke the mold as it were. A death it is.
Henri Matisse (1869-1954)
A woman who knew what she liked in art was visiting Matisse in his studio. She studied the painting on his easel for a while and said, ”You have made the arm on
that girl too long.” Reply of the artist was as simple as it was profound. He said, “Madame that is not a girl, it is a picture.”
In giving a painting a life of its own the artist renews himself. No more he need to paint it all over again line-by-line.
benny
posted by benny @ 10:03 AM
2 Comments:
She was a brave but foolish commentator. I expect he kept her at arm's length after hearing that remark.
Artists are used to such well-meant criticisms. "I know what I like in art.' one woman said seeing Picasso's portrait done in his cubist period." my daughter can do as good as this."This may be apocryphal but still it conveys a point. Picasso was searching for the child like vision that he lost as he grew up. But in his case it was on the reverse. Having become a master he was trying a new way of expressing his primitive roots. A viewer must see instead of merely looking at pictures.
benny
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