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..its a load of s**t, isnt it?

i have to write a piece like this for one of my classes. Im just too used to everything fitting into a neat pattern...therfore...its f**king confusing :urff:.

Is it music? or some kind of stupid point somehow related to music :?
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Might I suggest a lengthy dialectic concerning The Reptile House E.P.?
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ryan_w_0000 wrote:..its a load of ****, isnt it?

i have to write a piece like this for one of my classes. Im just too used to everything fitting into a neat pattern...therfore...its **** confusing :urff:.

Is it music? or some kind of stupid point somehow related to music :?
no it's not....repetition can bring someone in a trance-like mood, which can be quite exstatic, also it helps noticing the small details....
for example
try listening to Philip Glass' "Koyaaanisqatsi" or "the hours" 's soundtrack....
it's never boring, it's original but minimalistic.....
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randdebiel² wrote:
ryan_w_0000 wrote:..its a load of ****, isnt it?

i have to write a piece like this for one of my classes. Im just too used to everything fitting into a neat pattern...therfore...its **** confusing :urff:.

Is it music? or some kind of stupid point somehow related to music :?
no it's not....repetition can bring someone in a trance-like mood, which can be quite exstatic, also it helps noticing the small details....
for example
try listening to Philip Glass' "Koyaaanisqatsi" or "the hours" 's soundtrack....
it's never boring, it's original but minimalistic.....
then its just me then :roll: ;D.
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sisxbeforedawn wrote:.
D'oh! Beat me to it!
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Can't explain it, but I have always found Mondrian's de' stijl compostitions very attractive.

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I'm a great fan of Mondriaan RS. Have you ever seen any of his works "in the flesh"? I can't remember where it was that I saw them but they had a Mondriaan exhibit including a chronological series of "Tree" paintings.

Pretty much like this sequence: clicky.

You really see the De Stijl paintings in a new light when you see their antecedents.
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Is that still a tree? :lol:
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and what about this?
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my favourite painting, ever :)
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Miro's a surrealist, surely, not a minimalist.

You're going to think I'm taking the pi$s, but I really like this:

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White on White by Kasimir Malevich. Now there's minimalism. :notworthy:
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Piet Mondrian and Joan Miro :notworthy:

never took you for a cultured bunch ;)
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markfiend wrote:Miro's a surrealist, surely, not a minimalist.

You're going to think I'm taking the pi$s, but I really like this:

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White on White by Kasimir Malevich. Now there's minimalism. :notworthy:
You can buy a tile like that from B&Q for a fraction of the price.... :roll:
Now this is a painting
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One Second Before Awakening from a Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate, 1944

classic :notworthy: :notworthy: My fav painting EVER. I think it's called talent :roll:
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markfiend wrote:Miro's a surrealist, surely, not a minimalist.

You're going to think I'm taking the pi$s, but I really like this:

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White on White by Kasimir Malevich. Now there's minimalism. :notworthy:
I love Malevitch, but if you say Miro's a surrealist then Malevitch is no minimalist either but a suprematist ;)

the painting I posted IS minimalistic imho....actually there's even absolutely nothing surrealistic about it ;)
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@sexygoth I always thought that that Dali was a bit too much....
I much prefer his toreador hallucinogene ;)
but still, Dali was a genious, but I don't think you can only measure that on how many details one puts in his/her paintings....

and I agree with markfiend about the malevitch...I like it too....
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minimalist=crap/Ikea LOL
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Toreador:
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I also love his "atomic Gala" but can't find it on the net :(
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You might be able to find it here http://www.dali-gallery.com/html/dali1024.php :D
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yup
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good site, even a few beautiful paintings I had never seen before :worship:

but sooooooooooooooo slow... :(
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Sexygoth wrote:You can buy a tile like that from B&Q for a fraction of the price.... :roll:
Philistine! :evil: :P
randdebiel2 wrote:I love Malevitch, but if you say Miro's a surrealist then Malevitch is no minimalist either but a suprematist ;)
I was hoping someone would say that ;)

Anyway, my favourite painter ever:

Clicky 1001x699 pixels so I won't embed it.

Abstract Expressionist, if we're sticking with "schools" of painting.
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Is that the fire at the warehouse? I'm not quite sure what to make of that. I'm quite upset that Tracey Emin's tent (I can't remember what it's called) has apparently gone; I've seen it and it's moving and disturbing at the same time. The same could be said about a lot of her work.

I like Damien Hirst's conceptual sculptures, but his abstract painting leave me a little cold. He doesn't seem to be saying anything with them.

As for Jake and Dinos Chapman, I'm sorry to say it but IMO their stuff is better off burnt.
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