| Mrluvaluva |
17-10-2013 08:08 PM |
Quote:
Originally Posted by Ammi
(Post 6433911)
This house is ashamed of itself, ashamed
Of its fantastic mansard rooftop
The house must have done something horrible
To the people who once lived here
Now the stranger returns to this place daily
Until the house begins to suspect
That the man, too, is desolate, desolate
And even ashamed. Soon the house starts
And then one day the man simply disappears.
He is a last afternoon shadow moving
Across the tracks, making its way
Through the vast, darkening fields.
This man will paint other abandoned mansions,
And faded cafeteria windows, and poorly lettered
Storefronts on the edges of small towns.
Always they will have this same expression,
The utterly naked look of someone
Being stared at, someone American and gawky.
Someone who is about to be left alone
Again, and can no longer stand it
..I particularly like these parts of the poem and especially the last verse, which is how Hirsch viewed the painting/Hopper but it's not necessarily how Hopper saw himself...I think he's often been quoted as saying that he wasn't 'lonely' and yet that's what he paints...he seemed to have a fascination with certain American architecture so maybe he was just a bit of a Kevin Macleod who was interested in buildings and felt more comfortable painting them or only was able to, when no one lived in them are at times when a family was away, so he wasn't arrested for stalking lol..?....
..the 'ashamed' bit is quite interesting though and I'll look up some stuff because I think but I'm not sure that he was violent/abusive toward his wife..and she is the female subject in a lot of his works and the 'lonely figure'..maybe he painted her as so lonely/isolated because of the person he was and their relationship and maybe he was 'ashamed' because of what he did to her....
..that's the art I like though because I'm not really an 'arty' person, I like paintings/artists that make me think about a picture and kind of imagine a world where it existed..and the people etc in that world and their thoughts/dreams etc..?...
..when in fact..he just quite liked that house and thought he could do a good job of painting it.....perhaps.....
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Maybe we all just try and read too much into things and he just liked the look of it. :laugh:
There must be some reasoning behind artists picking out their subjects though. Whether it be aesthetically or psychologically.
I'm like you. I like pieces that make me think, but I also like pieces that use bold colours and are just nice to look at.
The Tate Modern currently have an exhibition of the works of Paul Klee. I had never heard of him before, so I am just having a look at his works. He's a watercolourist that was influenced by expressionism, cubism, and surrealism....so I read. I don't think it's for me though.
What do you think of Damien Hirst's varied works?
http://www.damienhirst.com/images/hi...2066_771_0.jpg |
