What is painting? Are there specific tools/ surface/ media interaction that define this act? Must it be 2-D and does it require a frame/ boundary to exist?
I always saw painting as an act of using a wet media on a canvas or a watercolor on a piece of paper. I found a definition online by Marion Boddy- Evans on the website Art Glossary: Painting and it said "A painting is an image (artwork) created using pigments (color) on a surface (ground) such as paper or canvas. The pigment may be in a wet form, such as paint, or a dry form, such as pastels." I never viewed pastels to be a form of painting, but i like the idea of it being one. I don't believe that paintings or any for of art needs to have a frame or boundary. I'm a really big fan of street art and graffiti and they have no frames to work in. The artist may use to wall as a frame, but i don't feel it is really necessary. This piece of street art goes out of the boundaries of the wall to add to the painting. Not sure who painted it but i got it from www.streetartutopia.com
Must painting be graphic in nature? Elaborate with at least 2 examples.
"The world today doesn't make sense, so why should I paint pictures that do?" -- Pablo Picasso When I view painting sometimes I lean towards the more abstract or surreal types. They appeal more to my eyes then say something that is suppose to be an apple and looks like an apple. Like Gustav Klimt would represent something like a tree and it would be more surreal and appealing to the eye. I actually have this one in my house and every time I look at it I see something new in it.
Many of Jackson Pollock's paintings have no graphic nature to them and his work is well known.
Does the act of painting necessarily result in a painting? Are the two mutually inclusive? Explain.
The act of painting to me does result in a painting whether you are painting a house or painting a flower or a bowl of fruit. Someone took the effort and time into making something look like a piece of art. You wouldn't want someone to paint the walls in your house half ass? To them it could be a master piece, because they took the time to do it well. It is all in the eye of the beholder.
Does painting serve as the basis for other forms of art or stand on its own? Does it matter that we make a distinction?
Painting can stand on its own, there are so many different forms of painting. You can do graffiti which is painting without the use of a brush and canvas. You can use pastels to create a painting. It stands on its own, but so do all other forms of art because different medias are being used and there are different techniques to each form of art.
Find three examples you feel best exemplify PAINTING with captions (artist, medium, date, size) and an explanation on WHY you chose these.
Van Gogh, Starry night done in 1889 with oil on canvas. This to me is a a great example of a painting because you can see all the brush stokes and the blending of the colors. you can feel the movement of the painting. I feel that paintings are suppose to make you feel something. This makes me feel like there is a calm in the town just before something chaotic is about to happen.
Salvador Dali, The Persistence of Memory done in 1931 with oil on canvas. I picked this one because he is my favorite artist of all time. So much so that i have one of his elephants tattooed on my side. His paintings were so surreal which has always been the reason that i have been drawn to them.
Leonardo Mona Lisa (1505) - Louvre, Paris. When i think of paintings this one always comes to mind. When i was young I think this was the first painting i had ever heard of. The Mona Lisa she is so mysterious no one knows what she is smiling about. Which i like because you can make up your own story about her.
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