The only emotion this elicits is confusion π
this post was submitted on 31 Aug 2024
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I find it pleasing
Sorry if this makes me sound like uncultured swine, but is this piece a reference to anything? Like did this artist want to do an homage to something else? Or is it just a bunch of random bullshit of varying shades of white placed into a concise pattern?
Yeah I have a hard time finding any meaning in this one. White might represent the bleached existence that people want. There m & m s and drugs. A console controller. Maybe that represents the escapism people seek. Legos might be a person trying to piece together life but rather than piece it together they lay it out in rows because it's expected of them? And I have no fucking clue about the power bricks. They paced to face each other so maybe opposition.
It's all over the place though nothing really strikes a meaning or really does much to elicit a feeling. Good art has themes and makes you think. This just feels like bullshit, like someone was just throwing it together and hoping it was art or trying to submit something for a grade.
Looking at other stuff he's done on instagram, he might just like putting things into color patterns that interest him. Living artists are interesting to follow because maybe they are making something meaningful, or maybe they were just messing with colors.
Some of his stuff is obvious referenced art made out of objects, as well, so I might just be oblivious too about this one.
Ya, this is the kind of art that just makes me mad.
I'm getting the sense that the artist took a photo or scene and tried to recreate the shapes with random white items they found. If you squint, you can just almost pretend it's a building on the left hand side with the sky on the right, not sure about the wii controller.
I'm 98% sure it's just white-colored things he had laying around. No deeper meaning.
I like trying to interpret it more than having a solid interpretation.My mind goes to a overhead view of a building and some open field area separated by a road, or maybe s Walmart esque place separated by the road from its parking lot. Or maybe you're down town looking at the skyscrapers before you.I don't know what they wanted to convey, but I like examining what I get out of it.
i'd upvote this if it weren't posted under traditional art
It's cool, but I think using this sub as an umbrella for everything non-digital is a bad idea. It should either be renamed to physical art, or another community should be made for contemporary art.
I'm gonna use this one comment to react to everyone else here.
I don't know if I should feel amused by the controversy this post has raked up, or feel happy finding out that the community is active after all (I was genuinely starting to believe we were dying out)
So I kind of feel both??
This artist is a self-proclaimed 'object arranger' so I think his works fall under 'arrangement art.' pretentious or not, I do believe in celebrating experimental forms of art rather than alienating them for not conforming to what is 'traditionally' accepted.
speaking of, to the people who feel confused by the name of the community, feel free to give the side-bar a little look-see for clarification. It's the best I could do under the circumstances and I positively believe more are in favor of it than against it. (I certainly think it's better than vague but misleading alternatives like "ArtPorn" or any kind of "Thing-Porn" for non-pornographic stuff, which is terminology that's somehow commonly accepted by people who grew up with reddit)
As far as my personal interpretation goes: I find myself reacting to the work the way I'd react to a sandcastle made by a little child, or ancient cave paintings or sculptures (like waaaay back, thousands and thousands of years ago where finding an odd shaped rock made you the coolest caveman in the tribe, for a month)
I think the only thought It has provoked in me thus far is: when does a pile of things cease being a pile of things and turn into a reflection of the time and place where it's from? would people react the same way if they saw an unexplored cave with specific arrangements of rock?
But yeah that's about all the attachment I have to this particular post. His works are in a folder among other folders which I shall empty 5-6 files a day so no, i will not stop posting this person's work until I've emptied out all the folders. feel free to upvote/downvote accordingly
And yes, to the extent that no-one other than me posts to this community, all the posts in here will be heavily flavored by the preferences of the ones posting. Don't like what you see? stop being grumpy about it and POST THINGS which you do like!
If this is shallow, show me what you think is DEEP!
peace
I'm sorry, but I can't let this stand. It's "look-see", not "looksy". Get it? Look? See? First you look, then you see.
Ah, I mixed up 'looky' and 'look-see'
Ah, that makes a lot more sense. I think a lot of this trouble would be avoided had you named the sub βphysical artβ instead. Maybe you could change the display name to βphysical artβ or βtraditional/physical artβ?
Is this loss?
Is it though? I'm so confused
I see || and |_
But I can't figure out how to make the legos look like |
The placement is so precise and soothing.
Except for the bottom middle M&M, which is slightly off.
Not traditional art, but strangely evocative.
I feel like this photograph is what captain Holt would have in his office (RIP Andre).
I like it. Modern design language is towards muted colours and heavily features grey so the juxtaposition of something made for kids, with colour prevelent, now muted like the chargers does something in my head. With the wiimote we even have the intersection where play met sleek, modern design which is much less playful.
Am I reading into it too much? Ye, but I like it. Seperate to this I do, seperatly, enjoy muted colours and sleek design language common to the mid to late 2010s up to now so I assume that's part of my enjoyment
It kinda looks like a model city being viewed from above.
If this was Reddit it'd be Im14andthisisdeep
I like those Lego space slope pieces, they've got a nice motion to them.
This deserves way more downvotes
I wonder if it could hurt to erase Wii logo. On one hand I don't like brand names included like there, and the controller is very recognizable by itself. On the other hand it would probably hurt autenticity of the object and may be a sloppery slope to then being asked to erase each individual M on candies too.
Why are some of the tic tacs kinda pink?
Some of them must be the fruit kind
