Comments on: When is Art Not Art? http://owler.com/-blog/2009/09/when-is-art-not-art/ Exploring Painting Apps for Tablets & Phones Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:25:34 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Owl http://owler.com/-blog/2009/09/when-is-art-not-art/comment-page-1/#comment-613 Owl Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:59:11 +0000 http://owler.com/-blog/?p=878#comment-613 It's lovely to hear from you too Barb. Yes, true, the answer is as varied as the viewers. As varied as the artists too! It’s lovely to hear from you too Barb. Yes, true, the answer is as varied as the viewers. As varied as the artists too!

]]> By: Barb Hartsook http://owler.com/-blog/2009/09/when-is-art-not-art/comment-page-1/#comment-612 Barb Hartsook Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:17:38 +0000 http://owler.com/-blog/?p=878#comment-612 Oh that's very good. Imitating a camera "is not the end but the beginning of talent." You are a wordsmith -- an artist even! Does the medium matter? I think not. I agree that artists distort and reorganize the data by what is central and primary, and then re-present it in some creative way. Just watch a digital artist run through this process and try to duplicate it exactly. Can't be done any more than duplicating a watercolor or a mixed media abstract! When is art not art? The answer is as varied as the viewers... Oh that’s very good. Imitating a camera “is not the end but the beginning of talent.” You are a wordsmith — an artist even!

Does the medium matter? I think not. I agree that artists distort and reorganize the data by what is central and primary, and then re-present it in some creative way. Just watch a digital artist run through this process and try to duplicate it exactly. Can’t be done any more than duplicating a watercolor or a mixed media abstract!

When is art not art? The answer is as varied as the viewers…

]]> By: Valerie Beeby http://owler.com/-blog/2009/09/when-is-art-not-art/comment-page-1/#comment-573 Valerie Beeby Sun, 27 Sep 2009 18:36:56 +0000 http://owler.com/-blog/?p=878#comment-573 Very true, Karol. I can sometimes feel fooled if I learn that what I thought was an unaltered photo turns out to have been manipulated. I suppose it's a matter of judgement though. After all, professional photographers rarely tell you what adjustments they have made - in Photoshop or with traditional photography, in the darkroom. I wish they did. I'd be so interested to know how they got their effects! Very true, Karol. I can sometimes feel fooled if I learn that what I thought was an unaltered photo turns out to have been manipulated. I suppose it’s a matter of judgement though. After all, professional photographers rarely tell you what adjustments they have made – in Photoshop or with traditional photography, in the darkroom. I wish they did. I’d be so interested to know how they got their effects!

]]> By: Karol Grace http://owler.com/-blog/2009/09/when-is-art-not-art/comment-page-1/#comment-572 Karol Grace Sun, 27 Sep 2009 14:16:51 +0000 http://owler.com/-blog/?p=878#comment-572 Very well said. This applies to images edited in Photoshop as well. I understand the argument that people feel fooled, or that the photographer/artist is trying to "put one over" on them. If an image is presented as a photograph, then it is good to briefly outline what changes were made, but a photograph can also be art, and subject to interpretation by both the artist and the viewer. Thank goodness! .-= Karol Grace´s last blog ..<a href="http://threedogstudio.wordpress.com/2009/09/25/josie/" rel="nofollow">Josie</a> =-. Very well said. This applies to images edited in Photoshop as well. I understand the argument that people feel fooled, or that the photographer/artist is trying to “put one over” on them. If an image is presented as a photograph, then it is good to briefly outline what changes were made, but a photograph can also be art, and subject to interpretation by both the artist and the viewer. Thank goodness!
.-= Karol Grace´s last blog ..Josie =-.

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