Great conversation. Would love to have heard more from Carl Dobsky as I feel he is at the forefront of this kind of work and his images the most powerful
The problem with modern narrative painting is that only the artist knows what it’s about. The majority of viewers can make no sense of the images. It gets worse when a viewer tries to imagine their own narrative. . Narrative art needs a description next to each painting explaining what the hell is happening. At least during the renaissance the literate public knew biblical stories and educated people knew mythology.
Great conversation. Would love to have heard more from Carl Dobsky as I feel he is at the forefront of this kind of work and his images the most powerful
The problem with modern narrative painting is that only the artist knows what it’s about. The majority of viewers can make no sense of the images. It gets worse when a viewer tries to imagine their own narrative. . Narrative art needs a description next to each painting explaining what the hell is happening. At least during the renaissance the literate public knew biblical stories and educated people knew mythology.
The Mona Lisa, I hear, is rather small as are the works of Vermeer…didn’t hurt them.
Not about painting…
Clearly, the panel needs a different seating arrangement.
No place to set down water bottles or reading material.
Maybe next time just introduce the artists normally instead of that crap at the start