1. dancingphalanges replied to your post: Does this make any sense?
      I agree with hnntr about “inherent entropy.” The rest of the statement makes peaks my interest in your work, and seems very unique to your work specifically, but that phrasing sounds like it could be in any artist statement. Hopefully that helps!

    2. hnntr replied to your post: Does this make any sense?
      I think inherent entropy may be the tipping point of “art speaky” is there another way you can say this? Otherwise I like it, sounds sorta what Like I am doing with performance: D

Yeah I think that phrase is the sticking point. I liked the scientific reference of it but it is a bit cliche.

Which sounds better?

“I accept the impossibility of perfection but let the struggle for it become part of the work.” 

or 

“My work embraces the inevitable failure to achieve or maintain perfection”

Thank you!

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"Did you know that Bach wrote 255 cantatas? Two hundred fifty-five! Not to mention all his masses, sonatas, concertos, preludes, and fugues. Bach was a working stiff, churning out music for the church as fast as a composition every week. Some of it does not survive and most pieces are never performed. Today, we hear only his works of genius, of which we have so many because he wrote a little something every week."

Elise Hancock, Ideas Into Words (via austinkleon)
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lostsplendor: “Aluminum casting. The heads of these heat-treated pistons must be spotted prior to Brinell hardness testing. Young women are employed for this job by a large Midwest aluminum foundry now converted to war production.” Ohio, 1942 (via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

lostsplendor:

“Aluminum casting. The heads of these heat-treated pistons must be spotted prior to Brinell hardness testing. Young women are employed for this job by a large Midwest aluminum foundry now converted to war production.” Ohio, 1942 (via Shorpy Historical Photo Archive)

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ancientpeoples: Mummy Mask Roman Period Egypt c. AD 120-170 By the first century B.C., Rome had come to dominate the Mediterranean world. The influence of Roman funerary art and practices is very much apparent in this Egyptian mask. Its facial proportions and modeling derive from the Roman tradition of realistic portraiture, rather than from Egyptian prototypes. Made to cover the head of a mummy, the mask is hollow inside. The face was pressed from a mold, while the curling hair, ears, and beard were added to increase its portrait-like quality. The inset eyes, once-painted flesh, and gilded hair further embellished its striking visage. Source: Kimbell Art Museum

ancientpeoples:

Mummy Mask

Roman Period Egypt

c. AD 120-170

By the first century B.C., Rome had come to dominate the Mediterranean world. The influence of Roman funerary art and practices is very much apparent in this Egyptian mask. Its facial proportions and modeling derive from the Roman tradition of realistic portraiture, rather than from Egyptian prototypes. Made to cover the head of a mummy, the mask is hollow inside. The face was pressed from a mold, while the curling hair, ears, and beard were added to increase its portrait-like quality. The inset eyes, once-painted flesh, and gilded hair further embellished its striking visage.

Source: Kimbell Art Museum

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ronulicny: “Constructed Head No.2”, 1975  By: NAUM GABO….

ronulicny:

“Constructed Head No.2”, 1975

 By: NAUM GABO….

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http://www.facebook.com/christopheroreganart 

christopheroregan:

I’ve got a facebook page now, if you want to keep up with my work and news there.

I’m working on my website at the moment, trying to get my professional web presence sorted out. I’ll post a link to that when it’s ready.

Please go check out my facebook page! It’s new so it’s a little sparse…

Go check out my other tumblr (where I’ve rebloged this from) as well if you haven’t already, it’s where my art (mostly works-in-progress at the moment) and art-thoughts live. It’ll get even more exciting soon as my degree show opens in June!

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missivywinters:

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Does this make any sense?

“Through pushing against the confines of materials and processes, I am exploring the boundary between the inward and outward aspects of our mind.

How repetitive actions can effect a change, where this filtering system can break down.

I accept the inherent entropy that causes imperfection to accumulate and incorporate it into my work.”

This is my artist statement for my degree show catalogue. I was trying to be succinct, not lead the viewer by the hand, and also give myself enough room that if my work changes a bit by the time the show goes up it’s not completely irrelevant…

I’m not sure about it though, is it too vague, or too art-speaky or just nonsensical? 

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book-of-flights:

The Antikythera Shipwreck Exhibit

Dated to 60-50 BC, the shipwreck was found off the coast of Antikythera. The ship carried cargo dating from 4th to 1st century BC and was sailing towards Italy carrying among other cargo bronze and marble sculptures, glassware and jewellery, and amongst these the famous “Antikythera Mechanism”. The finds reflect the new phenomenon of art trade, the first in the history of Western civilization.

These marble sculptures have been severely eroded by stone-eating organisms of the sea, and only their parts trapped safely in the mud of the seabed have remained wonderfully intact.

Scarred and deformed, the half-destroyed sculptures seem even more human, nearly demonic. No longer serving as images of idealised beauty, their artistic quality has reached a new dimension, distorted by nature’s interference. Their image haunts you long after you’ve left them behind.

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ojimbo: Paolozzi Head sculpture

ojimbo:

Paolozzi Head sculpture

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“Rolling Clay with Keith” Adele parody and advert for Keith Brymer Jones ceramic design.

So many ceramics puns….

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#ceramics #adele #rolling in the deep #clay #pottery #parody #ad #advert #advetisement #tableware #funny #humor #humour #pun #puns #music video 

breathingvioletfog:

Eyes as Big as Plates series by Karoline Hjorth & Riitta Ikonen

this is really wonderful

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