Comments on: Bars http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2008/07/08/bars/ Making and Thinking About Visual Art Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:18:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: David http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2008/07/08/bars/comment-page-1/#comment-9214 David Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:28:52 +0000 http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/?p=515#comment-9214 <p><a href='#comment-9213' rel="nofollow">@Incompetent</a> -</p> <p>What was my intent? When I took the picture, mostly I was interested in the contrast of the formal structure of the bricks, window, and bars contrasted with the looser structure of the graffiti. When I cropped and edited the picture, I was also exploring the balance of the window on the left and the swirls of graffiti on the right.</p> <p>I agree that with photography, I tend to be more abstract than when I am painting.</p> <p>Thanks for the interesting comment and question.</p> @Incompetent -

What was my intent? When I took the picture, mostly I was interested in the contrast of the formal structure of the bricks, window, and bars contrasted with the looser structure of the graffiti. When I cropped and edited the picture, I was also exploring the balance of the window on the left and the swirls of graffiti on the right.

I agree that with photography, I tend to be more abstract than when I am painting.

Thanks for the interesting comment and question.

]]> By: Incompetent http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/2008/07/08/bars/comment-page-1/#comment-9213 Incompetent Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:11:45 +0000 http://rourkevisualart.com/wordpress/?p=515#comment-9213 <p>Interesting motifs; the black and white suits them admirably. Compared with your paintings, these photographs seem almost abstract, focused on design elements (those graffiti curves are a subtle but effective contrast). Or maybe I'm reading too much into it. What was your intent?</p> Interesting motifs; the black and white suits them admirably. Compared with your paintings, these photographs seem almost abstract, focused on design elements (those graffiti curves are a subtle but effective contrast). Or maybe I’m reading too much into it. What was your intent?

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