tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post3504557647310259111..comments2023-06-13T08:29:39.914+00:00Comments on MAKING A MARK: MAM Poll (September 2009): What's your style of art?Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-85293708845957800202009-09-06T13:30:21.580+00:002009-09-06T13:30:21.580+00:00I paint in Contemporary Social Realism. For a desc...I paint in Contemporary Social Realism. For a description go to: http://www.peterworsley.com/Links/Contemporary_Social_Realism.htmlPeter Worsleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00974975848522699339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-3235029601268767972009-09-02T15:40:06.486+00:002009-09-02T15:40:06.486+00:00As a new painter I have been struggling to underst...As a new painter I have been struggling to understand just why I paint in the way that I do. Your definitions certainly help. I think I am a mix though of Expressionism and Surrealism. But I was only allowed to vote once. :-( <br /><br />I am a new follower. Love your blog, Katherine.All images on this site are copyright (c) Suzanne McLean.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08293671662563378299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-15637596181175110262009-09-02T13:14:22.036+00:002009-09-02T13:14:22.036+00:00Wow, that was hard to choose. I was interested tha...Wow, that was hard to choose. I was interested that, based on those definitions, I am not an abstract artist. So often I tend to think that one is either a realist or an abstract painter and yet it is never quite so clear-cut. These definitions highlighted that beautifully.<br /><br />I finally went for post-modernist because I have no fixed style. However, since it refuses to recognise the authority of a style, is post-modernism a style at all?<br /><br />I shall be thinking about this all day...Caroline Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16217379847105793214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-37716338692088823542009-09-02T01:14:40.356+00:002009-09-02T01:14:40.356+00:00Still trying to find and define my own style too. ...Still trying to find and define my own style too. I guess I've been defining myself vaguely as "contemporary realist". <br /><br />I think a lot of artist hate to be put in a box or labeled, but I guess it's important to buyer, galleries, etc. to have a defined style. Or so I hear...lol.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02012299206878937685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-19622420803750339112009-09-02T00:23:53.745+00:002009-09-02T00:23:53.745+00:00WOW... What a question..
Is there such a thing as ...WOW... What a question..<br />Is there such a thing as contemporary expressionistic impressionism??? LOL???<br /><br />Guess we're all feeling the same questions but I'd guess we all have a huge range of "styles"!!<br /><br />I look forward to reading the results of this poll!Marian Fortunatihttp://www.marianfortunati.com/blognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-78457910208761269322009-09-01T20:58:04.223+00:002009-09-01T20:58:04.223+00:00Good question, and it's difficult to answer. I...Good question, and it's difficult to answer. I said impressionist but that's simply because that's a closer category than the others. More like painterly realism.Lisa McShanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10599917617378344310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-87792582109512105232009-09-01T17:11:45.094+00:002009-09-01T17:11:45.094+00:00Very difficult to make a choice. I'm not sure ...Very difficult to make a choice. I'm not sure whether I would be modernist or impressionist or expressionist. I guess I wander between all three.bvpainterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14804331299617862772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-84553353575055879972009-09-01T16:57:15.255+00:002009-09-01T16:57:15.255+00:00Nancy / Charlene - I know I learned a few things w...Nancy / Charlene - I know I learned a few things working out definitions for these style categories - I'm glad that you're also finding it helpful.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-15757568965249429222009-09-01T16:56:15.221+00:002009-09-01T16:56:15.221+00:00Linda - I'm using terminology which is grounde...Linda - I'm using terminology which is grounded in various art movements because that is the terminology used by many of those whose job it is to describe different styles of art - as in "he is an expressionist painter".<br /><br />I'm interested in what you mean by 'painterly' and 'graphic' in terms of style. <br /><br />My own take on it is that 'painterly' is an adjective we might understand but it doesn't appear in a dictionary nor in the Tate Glossary. 'Graphic' actually has a wide range of meanings in common use and I personally have trouble with using it because of that. I don't find it useful for describing a style.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-67378622707680019742009-09-01T16:44:29.914+00:002009-09-01T16:44:29.914+00:00Oh dear! ALL of the above. Is that because I'...Oh dear! ALL of the above. Is that because I'm still finding my style or desperately seeking it? More likely, I'm just a dilettante.<br /><br />I do hope you run this poll next year, Katherine and that I can tick one, rather than all the boxes.Robyn Sinclairhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01663604160297996421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-48437856334600855992009-09-01T16:42:33.451+00:002009-09-01T16:42:33.451+00:00This poll really should be multiple choice, I find...This poll really should be multiple choice, I find it impossible to pick just one!Zsuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05269933832581281234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-21327822108051810392009-09-01T16:37:22.521+00:002009-09-01T16:37:22.521+00:00'Contemporary' on its own I'd agree - ...'Contemporary' on its own I'd agree - but if you check the Tate Glossary you'll find that <a href="http://www.tate.org.uk/collections/glossary/definition.jsp?entryId=583" rel="nofollow">'contemporary art'</a> is now carrying a certain amount of 'newness' as well as 'nowness'! ;)<br /><br /><i><b>Contemporary Art </b><br /><br />Term loosely used to denote art of the present day and of the relatively recent past, of an innovatory or avant-garde nature. In relation to contemporary art museums, the date of origin for the term contemporary art varies. The Institute of Contemporary Art in London, founded in 1947, champions art from that year onwards. Whereas The New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York chooses the later date of 1977. In the 1980s, Tate planned a Museum of Contemporary Art in which contemporary art was defined as art of the past ten years on a rolling basis.</i><br /><br />Bottom line I think it means 'new' as well as 'now'Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-57649471357870673092009-09-01T16:35:01.220+00:002009-09-01T16:35:01.220+00:00Well now I am more confused than ever! According t...Well now I am more confused than ever! According to your posted definitions my work is contemporary realism, bordering on photorealism,often conceptual, surreal, and symbolic. The poll only allows on definition which brings out the post modernist in me.<br />However, these are a fine, easy to understand, definitions that are very helpful as your blog is always. Thanks.Joanne Licskohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15553632833788585818noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-21801794974550195442009-09-01T14:45:04.857+00:002009-09-01T14:45:04.857+00:00I've defined my style as expressionist, but on...I've defined my style as expressionist, but only because of the way you (or the Tate) have defined it. Definitions I've seen previously have made it sound pretty awful -- and I really dislike some of the more often cited examples of expressionism.Charlene Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13845504349975059383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-28912611278733136192009-09-01T14:25:41.787+00:002009-09-01T14:25:41.787+00:00Thanks for posting this and I will link to it on m...Thanks for posting this and I will link to it on my blog because other friends may need some help in their own style definitions. I just figured out where I think I fit in the list for this WEEK. Thanks for the poll.Nancy Standleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04822619763936348538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-65481606282334195022009-09-01T13:23:16.387+00:002009-09-01T13:23:16.387+00:00It seems your terminology is based more on histori...It seems your terminology is based more on historic styles or movements we use to categorize art history.<br />I do think there are lots of other words to describe one's style ie.painterly, graphic, etc. that have more to do with the work itself rather than a category.<br />I consider an artist"s style having something to do with habits of working and thinking about one's art that reoccur with a noticable regularity.<br />I had a famous illustrator claim quite matter of factly that you can find your style through your sketchbook. Some truth to that for me.Linda Warner Constantinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10899154428811880070noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-5443365799659065482009-09-01T10:03:47.752+00:002009-09-01T10:03:47.752+00:00haha, first comment! :) I'm going to disagree ...haha, first comment! :) I'm going to disagree about contemporary - which just means "now", as in art created now. So you can have contemporary abstract, contemporary realism, contemporary conceptual. Contemporary isn't a style at all.<br /><br />And it's tricky to choose really. I fall into abstract but feel it's important to clarify it as objective abstract. The cracks in my armor showing there. :)Tina Mammoserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18407199513409994699noreply@blogger.com