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Darren Waterston

February 21, 2012

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Makoto Fujimura + Nihonga mixing

Makoto Fujimura mixes mineral-based pigments in the tradition of Nihonga painting (Japanese coloring techniques). His application is contemporary and tends toward abstraction (see below)

Interview with Tal R from Modern Painters

Following is an excerpt from an interview of painter Tal R by Scott Indrisek for Modern Painters. The whole piece can be read here . You’ve said that one should be able to explain a painting over the telephone. It’s a rule, but then I also ask for trouble. Every artwork should have a certain “hand” that reaches out for the audience, but the physical experience is completely beyond what you can explain on the phone. You can almost explain Donald Judd or Bruce Nauman over the phone. But when you see the pieces, they work on you in a different way. I want there to be normal things in my paintings that everybody can pick up, but when you stand in front of them you get insecure about what you’re watching. It’s like getting the viewer to the dance floor with a very cheesy pop song. If you ask people, they won’t admit that they like the song, but when they hear it, they move. Or like when you put french fries on the table. People will say, “No, I don’t like french fries.” But ...

Agnes Martin

From 2002 "Art City" episode, "Simplicity": I knew that I wanted to paint--not what everybody else paints--this world and nature. I knew that I wanted to paint abstract. The most obvious abstract emotion is happiness, so I painted a lot of paintings... about happiness. I paint about happiness, innocence & beauty. The feelings that we have that go beyond this world. That have no worldly cause. A loving and lovely and honest review of a show that included one of Agnes Martin's last pieces.

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