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Posted on 29/05/26 11:13:41 AM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 1084 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1106: Space at the Saatchi
Nah Mariner, it's an image of twin prostitutes...  _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 29/05/26 11:31:00 AM |
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lwc
Hole in One Posts: 3545 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1106: Space at the Saatchi
I tried the photo in several different perspectives and finally decided that the bottom of the photo would follow the baseboard of the wall and not the railing since the railing would be four or five feet closer to the camera (too much over-thinking I guess)… with that said, your version is more visually appealing. An alpaca not llama. Used one of my photos when he was dressed up for Halloween. 
Thanks Steve! |
Posted on 29/05/26 11:57:45 AM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3340 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1106: Space at the Saatchi
Dennis please explain. |
Posted on 29/05/26 12:10:00 PM |
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Steve Caplin
Administrator Posts: 7174 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1106: Space at the Saatchi
And that’s exactly what I mean. You can’t judge a three-dimensional work of art from a photograph, or a description. Having been inside the tent and experienced it as it was meant to be, I can confirm that it was a surprisingly moving experience: part refuge, part confession, but suffused with emotional honesty.
I know the work you’re referring to, it’s part of a huge and detailed set of four displays that show Nazi soldiers being persecuted by devils, in a variety of imaginative and frequently disturbing ways. Again, this is what I mean be experiencing a work of art rather than reading about it, or seeing photos of a single detail. Yes, it is disturbing. That’s the point. It questions our view of hell, of retribution, of justice itself. It’s not supposed to be easy viewing. Sadly, this work was destroyed by fire some years ago.
Well that’s a fair point, of course. But art was never supposed to be pretty. I assume you aren’t a fan of Bosch. But what about Picasso’s Guernica, to take a single more modern example? It still has the power to shock, nearly a century later. Art since the surrealist and dada movements have been about challenging our perceptions, even if that means shocking the viewer. And as audiences have become more inured to shocking images, so the artists have to try harder to produce a reaction. I’m not trying to tell you what art you should and should not enjoy looking at. But I am suggesting you don’t dismiss works that repel or shock you: that’s their intention. Many years ago I used to visit the Tate Gallery (now Tate Britain), and particularly enjoyed the surrealist works. Hanging over the stairs was Stanley Spencer’s The Resurrection, Cookham, a painting I found so disturbing I would literally avert my gaze as I walked past it. Years later I wondered how this painting could have produced such a profound emotional reaction in me: now, when I visit the Tate, it’s always the picture I spend the most time with. |
Posted on 29/05/26 1:00:41 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 1084 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1106: Space at the Saatchi
"Yo ho." Slang for 'hello 'hoe...or whore,"...therefore...Yo ho ho....greeting twin prostitutes...artists licence...lol. _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 29/05/26 1:10:08 PM |
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Frank
Eager Beaver Posts: 1876 Reply  |
Re: Challenge 1106: Space at the Saatchi
Thanks Steve, after about three days of contemplation that idea popped into my head - ( maybe they'll give you a spot) - love your site and works and love your Group "Bedlam" |
Posted on 29/05/26 1:14:24 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 1084 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1106: Space at the Saatchi
Perspective corrected. Much better. Thank you Steve!  _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 29/05/26 1:16:37 PM |
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dwindt
Realism Realiser Posts: 1084 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1106: Space at the Saatchi
and then I failed to repair the balcony railing shadow across the 2nd bottom right painting...lol. _________________ The grass is greener on the other side of the fence because there is more $hit there. |
Posted on 29/05/26 2:57:14 PM |
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Mariner
Renaissance Mariner Posts: 3340 Reply |
Re: Challenge 1106: Space at the Saatchi
Thanks, Steve, for your lengthy and illiuminating reply. |
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