Hello Goya, oil on canvas, 4×6 inches
Ok, here is some of my art about art, or, art that refers to art, at least.
Tonight when I was thinking of what to write about these images, I thought about the word “juxtaposition.” Merriam Webster defines it as: “the act or an instance of placing two or more things side by side.” I remember learning this word in high school English class and being delighted by the concept. Four from this series of paintings are currently in a juried show called “Dislocations,” which is defined as a “disruption of an established order.” This is perhaps a “hipper” way to express a similar idea.
Hello Matisse, oil on canvas 4×6 inches
So if I leave you with those two words and these two images – what do you make of it? I ask because I wonder what viewers who go to see this show somewhere in the state of Maryland will get from these images. Do you need to know Hello Kitty, Goya, or Matisse to appreciate these images? The idea of leaving out someone who may not know a reference seems antithetical to my main purpose. And is this art disrespectful towards Goya and Matisse? To Hello Kitty? Is this a conundrum? :)
As long as the conundrum is not hum drum.
Hello Kitty stuff is a gift-giving staple around this family and something of a mystery as she has one of the largest non-speaking roles in this side of commerce.
What gets me about the Goya is Hello’s scrutiny of the scene, to the point of total immersion. Makes me think about the mutual curiosity that has existed between the Japanese and the European traditions. I can imagine Hello moving on to a Van Gogh or Gauguin with her spy glass in search of Japanese influences.
By the way, I prefer the Goya as Hello casts no shadow as she does in the Matisse, and is thereby more an apparition.
i am really curious who did the paintings someone please email me the artist if you know it
o ya my email is j.brian.h@hotmail.com :)
I LOVE HELLO KITTY
GARBAGE
“use an already famous work of art to try to get some of its fame/recognizance”
Has been done before (dadaist monalisa)
(meninas by picasso) & will be done again.