Bill S
Masterpiece
Ross have you ever seen Nick Lenz works, he's done that and then some, but he still gets lambasted here and there.
For what it's worth, Yosemite and other Western landmarks have long been the subjects of Japanese art:
http://www.hanga.com/viewimage.cfm?ID=11
http://www.theartofjapan.com/ArtDetail.asp?Inv=11071548
http://www.artnet.com/artwork/425995249/113381/toshi-yoshida-mt-holy-cross-vail-colorado.html
http://www.castlefinearts.com/Japanese_fine_arts_woodblock_prints/Chiura_Obata_Biography.aspx
http://www.hanga.com/prints.cfm?ID=53
This blend of Asian and Western art began at the turn of the last century as Japanese artists adapted Western concepts to a very traditional Japanese art--the Ukiyoe woodblock print. The style was called "shin hanga."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shin_hanga
Shin hanga points the way, I think, to how we in the West could adapt the Japanese display style to our sensibilities without losing the spirit of either...
Ross have you ever seen Nick Lenz works, he's done that and then some, but he still gets lambasted here and there.
Bonsai ARE NOT SCULPTURE, no matter how badly we want them to be or compare them to sculpture. They are living trees and pulling them out of that context and cubby holing them neatly with sculpture neuters them-making them more objects of kitsch.
It may be a shift, but it's not a good one, IMO. It's a bit desperate...
Bonsai ARE NOT SCULPTURE, no matter how badly we want them to be or compare them to sculpture. They are living trees and pulling them out of that context and cubby holing them neatly with sculpture neuters them-making them more objects of kitsch.
It may be a shift, but it's not a good one, IMO. It's a bit desperate...
Agreed.
That is why I started the other thread. To define what display is to people. True bonsai display is not about the tree. It is more about the story telling components. The scroll and the accent piece be that flower, plant or stone. Trees play such a minor role.
I love old fashioned stories and I couldn't live without them. But art is also about breaking boundaries. It takes courage to do that, people say. What do we need the courage for? We need the courage to handle failure, skepticism, and the courage to operate out of our comfort zone.