Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: A Rant: Poser art NOT real art!

Tracesl opened this issue on Jan 12, 2006 ยท 81 posts


nomuse posted Fri, 13 January 2006 at 5:33 PM

Yah. "Fountain." Cute work. The "found object" sculptures I like best are the ones that show you the objects in a suprising yet convincing new way -- like Picasso's "Head of a Bull" made with an old bicycle seat and handlebars (which I always thought carried the subtitle "A Tribute to Georgia O'Keefe.") The difference with these, is that the inherent "art" in these items was not designed in by the original producer. The bike seat was made to fulfil a specific function, and it was the artist who noticed the resemblance to the skull of an animal. Whereas, in something like Warhol's soup cans the artist is asking you to respond to the "art" that was already on the cans -- as if it had been designed from the start to hang in a gallery. (I'd mention Roy Lichtenstien in this context but I have a strong dislike for his attitude towards the original work). So not to get too far afield, the Poser connection might be that one Poser artist would use stock textures (pre-mixed paints) generic props, and creatively combine, reverse, re-texture, and otherwise envision uses the original creators had not. The other takes items developed as complete-in-themselves (like a Vicky character set with costume and hair), and uses them as provided.