Comments on: Bang on Perception and Composition http://unurthed.com/2007/10/02/bang-on-perception-and-composition/ Tue, 15 May 2012 07:58:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Invading Memories | Cognitive Critique http://unurthed.com/2007/10/02/bang-on-perception-and-composition/comment-page-1/#comment-24312 Invading Memories | Cognitive Critique Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:40:24 +0000 http://unurthed.com/?p=169#comment-24312 [...] Bang on Perception and Composition « Unurthed – Three illustrations by Molly Bang from Picture This (1991). “Pictures are two-dimensional, whereas we live in three-dimensional space, with many more dimensions added by our passions and intelligence. … This entry was posted in dreams, perception, reality and tagged dreams, perception, reality. Bookmark the permalink. ← Caffeine Withdrawal Headaches [...] [...] Bang on Perception and Composition « Unurthed – Three illustrations by Molly Bang from Picture This (1991). “Pictures are two-dimensional, whereas we live in three-dimensional space, with many more dimensions added by our passions and intelligence. … This entry was posted in dreams, perception, reality and tagged dreams, perception, reality. Bookmark the permalink. ← Caffeine Withdrawal Headaches [...]

]]> By: Sudhir http://unurthed.com/2007/10/02/bang-on-perception-and-composition/comment-page-1/#comment-96 Sudhir Fri, 12 Oct 2007 18:53:19 +0000 http://unurthed.com/?p=169#comment-96 A critical dimension in any form of art is light and I found this in evidence in glass sculptures at CMOG; particularly the <a href="http://www.cmog.org/index.asp?pageId=1243" rel="nofollow">works</a> of Stanislav Libensky & Jaroslava Brychtova. A good write up can be found <a href="http://thomonthenet.com/?p=ContemporaryGlassLibenskyBrychtova&t=s" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Libensky is quoted here -- "I adhere to the principle of first progressing from the simple to the more complicated and, in the next phase, from the more complicated to the most simple." (Unfortunately, 2 dimensional cyberspace does not lend itself to displaying the interplay of light and matter). A critical dimension in any form of art is light and I found this in evidence in glass sculptures at CMOG; particularly the works of Stanislav Libensky & Jaroslava Brychtova. A good write up can be found here. Libensky is quoted here — “I adhere to the principle of first progressing from the simple to the more complicated and, in the next phase, from the more complicated to the most simple.” (Unfortunately, 2 dimensional cyberspace does not lend itself to displaying the interplay of light and matter).

]]> By: Andrew Clarke http://unurthed.com/2007/10/02/bang-on-perception-and-composition/comment-page-1/#comment-94 Andrew Clarke Thu, 04 Oct 2007 16:08:57 +0000 http://unurthed.com/?p=169#comment-94 Here's an article about how mysticism steered his work throughout his life: http://newcriterion.com:81/archive/14/sept95/hilton.htm Here’s an article about how mysticism steered his work throughout his life:
http://newcriterion.com:81/archive/14/sept95/hilton.htm

]]> By: Greg Pass http://unurthed.com/2007/10/02/bang-on-perception-and-composition/comment-page-1/#comment-93 Greg Pass Wed, 03 Oct 2007 23:46:15 +0000 http://unurthed.com/?p=169#comment-93 I am not intimately familiar — in particular, the bit about Mondrian. Any recommended reading? I am not intimately familiar — in particular, the bit about Mondrian. Any recommended reading?

]]> By: Andrew Clarke http://unurthed.com/2007/10/02/bang-on-perception-and-composition/comment-page-1/#comment-95 Andrew Clarke Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:59:36 +0000 http://unurthed.com/?p=169#comment-95 I'm sure you must be intimately familiar with De Stijl, but in case you aren't I'd recommend giving it some study. I think it's relevant to at least a quarter of the entries you've posted (this one reminded me of it). By abstracting subject matter to its most basic visual elements, its artists believed they could create a perfect portrait. An image was only absolutely honest when the quanta of the thing or idea it depicted weren't obscured, revealing the reality behind reality and all that. I only recently found out that Mondrian's work in the style was ultimately a theosophical exercise. I probably should have known that. I’m sure you must be intimately familiar with De Stijl, but in case you aren’t I’d recommend giving it some study. I think it’s relevant to at least a quarter of the entries you’ve posted (this one reminded me of it).

By abstracting subject matter to its most basic visual elements, its artists believed they could create a perfect portrait. An image was only absolutely honest when the quanta of the thing or idea it depicted weren’t obscured, revealing the reality behind reality and all that.

I only recently found out that Mondrian’s work in the style was ultimately a theosophical exercise. I probably should have known that.

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