ALCHEMY

The other day I was framing, for a customer, a poster of a Matisse show that recently took place in some modern gallery. The poster was a bright orange 15"x 22" rectangle which housed two square Matisse paintings side-by-side in the top quarter of the poster. Underneath the paintings was the word MATISSE in big 4" high white capital letters and, below that, some other sparse info about the art venue. The poster was simple yet stunning graphic design and was certainly worthy of being framed. The poster was art designed to advertise art. I wondered if Matisse would have imagined his art ever being used in this way. Sure, in his lifetime, there were notes and advertisements that bore reproductions of his artworks, but to then have one of these artifacts revered as art itself is a strange thing. To me, this was a form of alchemy in the arts. We were no longer appreciating the art purely for what it was, and instead it had become the detail of another object. That object, the poster, considered the two Matisse paintings as only a small part of the whole. As an advertisement, the poster was implying that Matisse was the focus and would even plant that seed in the viewer's mind's eye; However, As a piece of graphic design and typography which was to be framed and hung in one's home, it was about that orange rectangle bearing images and words. This, of course, was not turning lead into gold, but the properties of an art had certainly been changed into another art...

HAPPY BELATED, C.O.P.!

My eldest child turned 2 (on the 2nd of July) and I've missed the opportunity to celebrate on time! You might say I've had my hands full with my newborn blog AlmostNaught. All excuses aside, it's time again to recognize another year's passing and thank everyone who supports me and follows my blogs! I do it all for you folks!

JUDGEMENT DAY

Somehow I've managed through my other blog- Almost Naught- to become enthusiastic about making art, thus I've been neglecting C.O.P. for some time. A fair sacrifice. My art is evolving and my mind is expanding. I'm a self-proclaimed over-thinker, so an expanding mind needs to be heavily monitored or else it will run rampant.
For example: I've noticed my sensitivity level has risen in the past month. My boss has encouraged my department to do better with sales and production and I've been taking these encounters very personally; which isn't the case(?) My girlfriend has heard me whining about needing more of her attention; which is not even really my style! And I've placed plenty of ill-judgement on the heads of strangers and friends and family alike. Just as likely as a good thought may spiral down, I can still breath and make the bad times spiral up. The spirals are just feeling a little wobbly. I'm a touch out of whack. More so than normal? Not so sure, but I have been made aware of it.
So might I suggest that you bear with me as I sort and file my scattered brain? As always, you really don't have to do anything but enjoy the show... maybe strike the gong when you've seen or heard enough!

ALMOST IS OVER THERE!

Almost Naught is my new blog. Click that link and you and I will both try to keep up!
Thanks and enjoy.

   

NUTS ABOUT EMPTYSET!

This is the fourth installment of Nuts About __(previous posts: 1, 2, &3).
Emptyset are soon releasing their new EP titled Medium. This Bristol duo always puts out well-produced heavy-as-hell minimal electronic music. Presently, I can't think of another modern act that can compete for my adoration. Listen for yourself! If you know anything about bass music, then you should certainly be impressed. If the sound is too foreign to you, don't give up, just concentrate on exactly what it is you're hearing.

(T)ART

After a couple years of Code of Posture being an insightful, if not a bit aimless, blog which has regurgitated the randomness that pops in and out of my brain, I've noticed a trend laced into my last five or so entries. Art. My art, even. I'll have you know, with this blog, I had no early intention of showcasing my art here. I'll have you also know that I'm still a bit wary of using C.O.P. as such a tool, and I'm certainly keeping a watchful eye on myself to make sure I don't go too far out of bounds. I'd be slightly terrified to know the public- friends and family alike- are getting too close. That's just how I am.

So, in all fairness, here is a heads-up and an unlikely invitation to look at what I've done. The extension of an invitation seems appropriate since even I almost didn't realize this was happening. 

This is not my art. Just a snapshot from my television screen.

NAKED LADY