tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779398098635880046.post7886436184122202034..comments2023-07-07T05:24:34.290-07:00Comments on The Canadian Painters Alliance: Temptation of St Anthonymondotrashohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09998442673403658550noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779398098635880046.post-35530725477209581412010-03-05T18:58:16.532-08:002010-03-05T18:58:16.532-08:00Now the world is a post modern playground and you ...Now the world is a post modern playground and you can do anything. <br /><br />There were human made non representational, pattern and abstract images since cavemen. All too often we forget there was always more going on than what was in the 'mainstream', or that we see in European or Western Art history books.micronoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779398098635880046.post-29218481614914283892010-03-05T07:23:35.140-08:002010-03-05T07:23:35.140-08:00When, in the early 20th century, painters like Bra...When, in the early 20th century, painters like Braque and Picasso declared that photography had freed them from "form", I wonder if they could have foreseen a 100 years later a Photoshop plugin that would "free" them from non-representational forms as well? What gave abstract/NR painting it traction was that it went somewhere that the camera couldn't. So what now? ~mmondotrashohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09998442673403658550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1779398098635880046.post-89630477162219980862010-03-04T20:28:23.434-08:002010-03-04T20:28:23.434-08:00Ok it's not a painting exactly, but it sort of...Ok it's not a painting exactly, but it sort of could be. I but the "cut out filter" in the famous engraving by Schaunguaer of the same name. Best filter ever award goes to...D.Macrihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16015231384680673802noreply@blogger.com