slintfan
06-04-2003, 11:42 PM
I have a thought to explore. After reading several of the posts recently I have been wondering--
Are nearly unconcious material manipulations that result in purely formal exercises regarded as being conceptually legitimate?
I have also noticed that a fair majority of my fellow posters are traditional figurative or abstract formalist sculptors.
Is this push for materiality a reaction to a exceedingly material-less genre?
Or do you feel that what was labled as being post-modern was short-lived and art has returned to its originative visual elements--shucking conceptualism into the proverbial creek?
If you were, where do you feel you would be leading sculpture?
I kinda think that most things are naturally cyclic. That said, maybe a trip back to when things were made because they could be beautiful is necessary. But I also believe that we can't just forget all the history that has been amassed. Why can't we comunicate ideas and beauty simotaneously?
conceptuformal?
Are nearly unconcious material manipulations that result in purely formal exercises regarded as being conceptually legitimate?
I have also noticed that a fair majority of my fellow posters are traditional figurative or abstract formalist sculptors.
Is this push for materiality a reaction to a exceedingly material-less genre?
Or do you feel that what was labled as being post-modern was short-lived and art has returned to its originative visual elements--shucking conceptualism into the proverbial creek?
If you were, where do you feel you would be leading sculpture?
I kinda think that most things are naturally cyclic. That said, maybe a trip back to when things were made because they could be beautiful is necessary. But I also believe that we can't just forget all the history that has been amassed. Why can't we comunicate ideas and beauty simotaneously?
conceptuformal?