nice thoughts
Mark,
Thank you for thinking of me. I appreciate your placing profit and me in the same thought.
I believe you know and understand the "shrink wrap" your customer requested is the 3M product used on factory new cars (usually white) during transport and advertising (any color or image) on cars and buses and not the product in your pantry.
Mark,
I think you should acquire the "Red Baron" Mercedes Benz 600 LWB 4-door Pullman Limousine (you do not want to appear pretentious with a 6-door unit). The original owner, Charles Schultz, factory outfitted the car with flag holders (usually for diplomats) for Snoopy flags and red exterior coloring. This is the perfect car for you. Fly the Mark flags.
Hi waffle.
Yes, the old gals like to see me pop into the resale store, as I usually bring them cookies and vodka (and I re-donate items weekly). I had to swing by after lunch today, as the gals were saving some items for me (unethical..I know). The teak tray with glass dishes are made in Denmark (labeled on the glass and the wood), the bowl is unlabeled, but I think that it might be teak (and 1 piece?), and the metal/porcelain plate is unlabeled as well (but so sweet). All items are in perfect condition.
Hi,
Aunt Mark
woody
I think George Zupp knows how to paint.
Some of his figures (in his other paintings) demonstrate a very "academically" learned eye and hand, with regards to proportions, light/shadow, and the modulation of mixed colors.
So what constitutes a painter as an "outsider" anyway? He seems to have the ability to go "primitive" when he feels like it, but appears downright classical in some other paintings.
Is "outsider art" just another broad generalization? A tag?
Or are there "rules"? Like not having any schooling? How long can someone stay "unlearned" and unschooled if they paint all the time?
These and other pressing questions haunt me with every painting you post, woody.
Maybe its just the word I have trouble with, more than the paintings. Is "outsider" just a convenient career pathway if one wants to circumvent the gallery establishment? Or is it more than that?
edit: I guess it has to do with the assumption that these artists are authentic primitives, and it feels like a "lie" when I see one changing gears at will.
http://www.pinterest.com/pin/289919294734142260/
EamesHead
I definitely think the term or genre of "outsider art" is being blurred these days to the point where it's almost just being applied to describe an aesthetic style (or range of styles). Certainly, it's always been somewhat of a contradictory concept since its origins with Dubuffet and Art Brut. I only recently discovered George Zupp, so I don't know his background and whether or not he's had any formal training. By the strictest definition, he would not be considered an outsider artist since he is self-aware and actively selling his paintings.
Perhaps Dear Aunt Mark has more information on him.
Here is a good book on outsider art.
http://www.amazon.com/Art-Brut-The-Origins-Outsider/dp/2080305433/ref=sr...
Thanks woody
I like the two key points you make about George: He is "self-aware, and is actively selling his paintings".
I had the sense that he knew light/shadow rendering and color mixing just from seeing that "Anna Nicole" painting. Not quite as full on primitive as many of his others.
I think I like his most primitive looking paintings the best though. He certainly has the ability to invent, whatever the paint language.
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