Yeah people demand explanation because they weren't taught to accept this as art especially if one went to art college. With all due respect to the artist it looks more like a psychological thing than an art thing. Just my opinion
@StrayKidsAHHHHHhhhMusic is often more self explanatory than visual art, but not always, and anyone knows it. People will ask what's the meaning of an experiment piece of music, but they won't feel the need for explanations while contemplating a naturalistic portrait.
The important difference is that music almost always has a certain set of rules (beat, scales, verse/chorus structures etc) that one can follow, and that guide you in understanding the song. In (modern) art, that's seldomly the case. The don't have a beat or a recognizable pattern, and that's why people are often puzzled when trying to comprehend an artwork, and that's why they want an explanation. It's only human.
I remember being a student and sitting in front of a Agnes Martin painting at the Modern Art Museum of Vancouver, I stared at that painting for almost 30 minutes and started crying. I don't know what made me cry, I had never cried because of a painting before. After, months later, I would understand that the tears had been in my mind all that time, and her painting released them.
I don't think a painting can have such a strong effect, most probably that day you wouldn't have cried anyway, maybe while listening to some music or while reading a book.
I saw her work at the guggenheim in 2016, and let me tell you it was amazing. I have never entered a gallery and felt so calm. I see lots of comments saying that it is "boring" work- but seeing it in real life is anything but. I had to sit down multiple times because looking at the small grids would disorient you- a feeling close to hearing a lullaby.
Well, yes... depending on your views of art you may not believe it to be... but that is also the great thing about "art"! There are no boundaries or rules. Anything is art and nothing is art
Well said, Same thing applied to me when I went and saw Rothko at Tate. Was drawn into his work almost like I could enter them. Massive paintings and hung so low. Amazing.
Blake Dixon: Lucky person, it will be about a year before I can get to the Tate, if I am lucky, but something tells me it will be well worth the wait. .
I was at a Mondrian exhibition in Basel at the Fondation Beyeler and that's where I discovered Agnes Martin purely by accident. The Fondation had 2 works of her on exhibit from their permanent collection. I remember that after my ride through Broadway Boogie Woogie, I just passed by the two Martin paintings giving them just a faint glance. The moment I turned my head away from the paintings I felt a "hm, what was that?" feeling and returned my attention to the two paintings. Then I just stood there for probably 15 - 20 minutes getting lost in them, a broad smile appearing on my face and a feeling of deep, peaceful joy overcoming me. It was/remains a very special experience.
What an artist - her incredible book just arrived on my doorstep yesterday and is now on my coffee table. I can't believe I only recently discovered her. I've been blessed by Agnes.
When I heard it I just begin to cry. Agnes was so right, so lucid, so pristine on that reflection. Seeing her painting and struggling with herself physical and mentally is so moving. I'm really moved to tears, thanks for sharing it.
This is the first time I've learned of Agnes Martin. Thankyou for this short film. Her work and intentions are so pure. I'm going to learn more about her.
I admire her dedication to Art. Agnes said she painted for 20 years before she began creating art she really liked. Then, painting became a joy for her everyday.
I discovered Agnes Martin's work about a week after her death, on a Christmas visit to Santa Fe. A museum there had included some of her paintings in an exhibit on women painters and spirituality. I remember the docent telling us how sad they all were because of her recent death in Taos. Her paintings brought me to tears also.
I love this quotes. ‘’From music people accept pure emotion, but from art they demand explanation’’. ‘’..the beauty is not in the rose,the beauty is in your mind’’. The background music perfectly fits with the video. Feel so calm
I have only just heard of Agnes Martin through a podcast. I was curious to see her work and learn about her. As I watched this video I was moved to tears, filled with beautiful emotion. Thank you so much for this beautiful film. I will be learning more about her and her work. Inspiring!
i like her paintings, but it somehow surprises me how one can see the human mind/emotions as so neat and geometrical. i would never think that perfectly straight lines would represent my inner states
The Same for me.usually emotions associated with splashes of colors and a bit of chaotic things. It s amazing how she brought a beautiful order to express her inner state
i see what you mean, but part of what really touches me about these paintings, is that the lines aren't quite straight. If you look closely you can see that they were painted by hand, not taped. They even have some brushwork and texture. I think it's marvellous :))
Good Evening What breaks my heart is remembering what art used to be and compare it to the big delusional farce it is now. And a very pretentious and costly farce indeed.
Ten or twelve years ago my wonderful friend, Will K. Wilkins, took my on a trip from Hartford Connecticut across the early spring landscape to Beacon, that small town on the majestic Hudson that is home to DIA. We travelled through eastern CN. to Western NY. while the snows of winter were slowly saying goodbye, their farewells taking longer the higher we got as our comfortable car (old?) ambled along the grey white cuttings that marked our journey's course. We arrived in the place where the ghosts of breakfast families linger. What a building, low and spacious, demanding a lateral view, a perfect corrective to the verticality of that Island at the mouth of mother Hudson. We walked around, I marveling at the space and the art, then all of a sudden the most whispered impact I have ever encountered, the canvases of Agnes. Yes I will use the familiar, Agnes, the divine, Agnes the perfect, Agnes the seer of the world. I was aghast, I turned to Will as I later (on other visits) turned to Amy, Turned to Isabel...."This is painting, this is the world, no not abstraction but the rendition of of the horizon of our perception of this world"...I visit DIA Beacon every year now, the perfect poetry in the prose of my travels, and now she is here...Six years ago my friends, the Prosers, gave me a kitten, a 'Rag Doll' kitten, her colouring was like the colouring of those roads between Hartford and Beacon in the nervous springtime, the white of the snow giving way to emergent vegetation, she reminded me of those canvases, subtle, beautiful, tactile...I called her Agnes.
Does she have academic background? I love her art. That "neat", "sleek", "clean style" to me is like I can not go beyond this, this is the borderline to where art can go. I won't do it simpler, 'cause by saying this I've said it all. Love this stuff that sweetens my mind every time I "see it", every time I feel it. Thanks Agnes.
Too beauty. I've never seen her being interviewed. I love her since first time a Brazilian art critic related her to my abstract zen suisse Brazilian master mira schendel. Thanks very much for this post.
Even though the pieces created are viewed as "simple" pieces of art, they are actually pretty unique. You can definitely feel the emotions coming from each piece because of shape placements and color.
Someone recently told me that my work reminds them of Agnes Martin. I didn't know who she was. I'm so glad I found her work, and more importantly her mind or her vision. So many good quotes in the video. To be clear, my work doesn't really look like hers, but I do understand the comparison.
This is the artstyle I’ve had in mind. My whole life, I thought I just was terrible and would never be able to call myself a painter. Thank you for opening doors for me, and people just like me.
So yeah... I was going to quit this video, but then I read all the comments and I was like ... well I am going to give it a try and I am glad I did. This video does not make justice to the paintings because all the details are so subtle and genuine. Thanks Agnes because you just changed my perspective of beauty. Much love from MX
Well done, thank you. Those who want to see more of Agnes Martin might also want to check out a new prize-winning documentary about her ("Agnes Martin: Between the Lines"), trailer available here on UA-cam
I was in Seattle visiting my bro and we went to the Seattle art museum. one Agnes Martin painting hung from the wall and I felt it....that museum is huge, 3 stories I think and after we had walked the space I said, 'that Agnes piece is my favorite.' my brother quipped, 'of all the work in there, you picked out the worst one.' you should have seen the one he picked. polar opposites.
I’ve never heard of this artist before watching this video clip. At this point in my life, it may be one of the most impactful 7:37 of artistic thought that I’ve experienced. Thank you for posting it.
What is the musical soundtrack accompanying Martin's visual art? Non intrusive and yet complimentary. Love to know. Thanks for a lovely, contemplative little piece of film Tate.
i feel like art isn’t an explanation but it is a story, i saw her paintings in a gallery once and thought they were boring, another abstract blank looking canvas, but the story of her doing it makes it amazing
I love this video for helping me to understand more about her painting. Seeing these paintings in person, like I was fortunate to do at the Guggenheim, you can get the full expression of their subtle line work than can be expressed in a video or photograph.
Fer cries akes Tate...lower the volume of the music so we can hear and understand the people you've chosen to talk about Martin's work. What's the problem, that you get this so wrong?
I completely align with the notion of creating or responding with pure emotion without explanation. Being asked to explain what I'm creating always sparks intense annoyance in me - for reason that art is not a verbal communication - it demands looking with the eyes and responding from the heart. I would love to see this work first hand.
I believe seeing her work only in a video does not do it justice. I had an opportunity to see a group of her work at SFMOMA. from this video I can appreciate more of the physical labor and preparation that went into a painting. also from learning of her living in Taos, it makes sense, the stillness that some of her work evokes. the works I saw, mostly structured grid paintings, were like giant spiritual poems. I was always curious to know more about Martin.
I suppose a lot of people who would say she was a phoney, overcome by feminist jealousy of artists like Mark Rothko or Piet Mondrian but without any understanding of the abstract processes that went into their output: Personally I think there would be much more interest in someone like Bridget Riley who was a lot less derivative when you think about it
Thank you for this. It was fascinating to see the painter at work, and yes, 'restrained' perfectly describes her paintings. The perfect antidote (if one is needed) to the more strident, sometimes shrieking quality of Abstract Expressionism.
Sometimes I can barely hear and understand the voice of the commenter because of the overwhelming "background" noise from outer space. Senseless. Counterproductive. That's the only reason why you get a Thumb down.
"from music people expect pure emotion but from art they demand explanation"
Yeah people demand explanation because they weren't taught to accept this as art especially if one went to art college. With all due respect to the artist it looks more like a psychological thing than an art thing. Just my opinion
@@veramichaels7707 I woykd say that thats because youre looking at it, not listening to it.
@StrayKidsAHHHHHhhhMusic is often more self explanatory than visual art, but not always, and anyone knows it. People will ask what's the meaning of an experiment piece of music, but they won't feel the need for explanations while contemplating a naturalistic portrait.
Music is sonic painting visual , it’s quite natural this way.
The important difference is that music almost always has a certain set of rules (beat, scales, verse/chorus structures etc) that one can follow, and that guide you in understanding the song. In (modern) art, that's seldomly the case. The don't have a beat or a recognizable pattern, and that's why people are often puzzled when trying to comprehend an artwork, and that's why they want an explanation. It's only human.
I remember being a student and sitting in front of a Agnes Martin painting at the Modern Art Museum of Vancouver, I stared at that painting for almost 30 minutes and started crying. I don't know what made me cry, I had never cried because of a painting before. After, months later, I would understand that the tears had been in my mind all that time, and her painting released them.
I don't think a painting can have such a strong effect, most probably that day you wouldn't have cried anyway, maybe while listening to some music or while reading a book.
@@djo-dji6018 Mate. I was there, I know what I felt. If you don’t cry at paintings ever, that’s your problem.
wow. thats powerful!
wow thanks for sharing that !! I feel the power of Agnes Martin power
Wtf? How u cry ? Lol @@BookFreakyTube
I saw her work at the guggenheim in 2016, and let me tell you it was amazing. I have never entered a gallery and felt so calm. I see lots of comments saying that it is "boring" work- but seeing it in real life is anything but. I had to sit down multiple times because looking at the small grids would disorient you- a feeling close to hearing a lullaby.
Well, yes... depending on your views of art you may not believe it to be... but that is also the great thing about "art"! There are no boundaries or rules. Anything is art and nothing is art
Thank you
Well said, Same thing applied to me when I went and saw Rothko at Tate. Was drawn into his work almost like I could enter them. Massive paintings and hung so low. Amazing.
Blake Dixon: Lucky person, it will be about a year before I can get to the Tate, if I am lucky, but something tells me it will be well worth the wait. .
your not supposed to enter them...
I was at a Mondrian exhibition in Basel at the Fondation Beyeler and that's where I discovered Agnes Martin purely by accident. The Fondation had 2 works of her on exhibit from their permanent collection. I remember that after my ride through Broadway Boogie Woogie, I just passed by the two Martin paintings giving them just a faint glance. The moment I turned my head away from the paintings I felt a "hm, what was that?" feeling and returned my attention to the two paintings. Then I just stood there for probably 15 - 20 minutes getting lost in them, a broad smile appearing on my face and a feeling of deep, peaceful joy overcoming me. It was/remains a very special experience.
What an artist - her incredible book just arrived on my doorstep yesterday and is now on my coffee table. I can't believe I only recently discovered her. I've been blessed by Agnes.
"The beauty is not in the rose, the beauty is in your mind".
David Marnuse It is a profound statement....profound.
When I heard it I just begin to cry. Agnes was so right, so lucid, so pristine on that reflection. Seeing her painting and struggling with herself physical and mentally is so moving. I'm really moved to tears, thanks for sharing it.
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.
I think that's the point of her work. Good call.
@@carlrouth7842 but what is a flower that we name it rose? What is a blossom bud that by its smell we called it rose?
This is the first time I've learned of Agnes Martin. Thankyou for this short film. Her work and intentions are so pure. I'm going to learn more about her.
I admire her dedication to Art. Agnes said she painted for 20 years before she began creating art she really liked. Then, painting became a joy for her everyday.
I discovered Agnes Martin's work about a week after her death, on a Christmas visit to Santa Fe. A museum there had included some of her paintings in an exhibit on women painters and spirituality. I remember the docent telling us how sad they all were because of her recent death in Taos. Her paintings brought me to tears also.
I love this quotes. ‘’From music people accept pure emotion, but from art they demand explanation’’. ‘’..the beauty is not in the rose,the beauty is in your mind’’. The background music perfectly fits with the video. Feel so calm
I come back to this clip every once in a while and it never gets old. I think of the rose story all the time.
I came across Agnes Martin when I was studying Art History at university, I haven’t been able to get her or Brancusi out out my head since.
Same with the Martin
I have only just heard of Agnes Martin through a podcast. I was curious to see her work and learn about her. As I watched this video I was moved to tears, filled with beautiful emotion. Thank you so much for this beautiful film. I will be learning more about her and her work. Inspiring!
i like her paintings, but it somehow surprises me how one can see the human mind/emotions as so neat and geometrical. i would never think that perfectly straight lines would represent my inner states
I felt the same. Interesting huh? :)
The Same for me.usually emotions associated with splashes of colors and a bit of chaotic things. It s amazing how she brought a beautiful order to express her inner state
I don’t remember ever feeling stripey 😅 those must be the very organised feelings of a zen master. Maybe. I do like the art and the concept.
I think you have to zoom out on your existence, this is a feeling, the whole universal. We are just particles
i see what you mean, but part of what really touches me about these paintings, is that the lines aren't quite straight. If you look closely you can see that they were painted by hand, not taped. They even have some brushwork and texture. I think it's marvellous :))
Every time I feel lost or desolate hearing Martin speak brings me great comfort. The greatest artist of the 20th century in my opinion.
I don't know why but it broke my heart watching this.
Good Evening What breaks my heart is remembering what art used to be and compare it to the big delusional farce it is now. And a very pretentious and costly farce indeed.
It broke your heart or it opened it? It opened my mind after watching her sheer devotion to a vision. God bless
@@reebee474 I think it can feel similar. Sometimes it has to break to open. :)
@@jonathannadeau6218 How is this pretentious? You need to open your mind.
Harry Lunnon Yea It’s good to have an open mind but not the point of having your brains falling out.
Thank you for this deeply moving Tate Shot of Agnes Martin.
This was one of the most beautiful documentary videos that I had ever seen, heard, and felt...
Ten or twelve years ago my wonderful friend, Will K. Wilkins, took my on a trip from Hartford Connecticut across the early spring landscape to Beacon, that small town on the majestic Hudson that is home to DIA. We travelled through eastern CN. to Western NY. while the snows of winter were slowly saying goodbye, their farewells taking longer the higher we got as our comfortable car (old?) ambled along the grey white cuttings that marked our journey's course. We arrived in the place where the ghosts of breakfast families linger. What a building, low and spacious, demanding a lateral view, a perfect corrective to the verticality of that Island at the mouth of mother Hudson. We walked around, I marveling at the space and the art, then all of a sudden the most whispered impact I have ever encountered, the canvases of Agnes. Yes I will use the familiar, Agnes, the divine, Agnes the perfect, Agnes the seer of the world. I was aghast, I turned to Will as I later (on other visits) turned to Amy, Turned to Isabel...."This is painting, this is the world, no not abstraction but the rendition of of the horizon of our perception of this world"...I visit DIA Beacon every year now, the perfect poetry in the prose of my travels, and now she is here...Six years ago my friends, the Prosers, gave me a kitten, a 'Rag Doll' kitten, her colouring was like the colouring of those roads between Hartford and Beacon in the nervous springtime, the white of the snow giving way to emergent vegetation, she reminded me of those canvases, subtle, beautiful, tactile...I called her Agnes.
Does she have academic background? I love her art. That "neat", "sleek", "clean style" to me is like I can not go beyond this, this is the borderline to where art can go. I won't do it simpler, 'cause by saying this I've said it all. Love this stuff that sweetens my mind every time I "see it", every time I feel it. Thanks Agnes.
Yes.
Too beauty. I've never seen her being interviewed. I love her since first time a Brazilian art critic related her to my abstract zen suisse Brazilian master mira schendel. Thanks very much for this post.
Just discovered this video. Just discovered Agnes Martin. Thank you.
You're welcome, Frank!
Even though the pieces created are viewed as "simple" pieces of art, they are actually pretty unique. You can definitely feel the emotions coming from each piece because of shape placements and color.
Someone recently told me that my work reminds them of Agnes Martin. I didn't know who she was. I'm so glad I found her work, and more importantly her mind or her vision. So many good quotes in the video. To be clear, my work doesn't really look like hers, but I do understand the comparison.
This is the artstyle I’ve had in mind. My whole life, I thought I just was terrible and would never be able to call myself a painter. Thank you for opening doors for me, and people just like me.
Grand merci pour le sous-titre en français.... Rare dans les documentaires sur l'art
This gives me the chills.
So yeah... I was going to quit this video, but then I read all the comments and I was like ... well I am going to give it a try and I am glad I did. This video does not make justice to the paintings because all the details are so subtle and genuine. Thanks Agnes because you just changed my perspective of beauty. Much love from MX
Background music is a little loud it's quite hard to work out what is being said at times.
I completely agree and it was a shame because she has interesting things to say
Selfarrested headphones 👌🏾
Ok Boomer
Can the musac.
Beautiful and touching. Thank you for this! Music was chosen perfectly as well.
Just learned about this artist and sought out more info. Her work brings a relieved peace to my heart. Thank you for this video.
I'm no fan of abstract art, but Martin makes me pause and I love her long view perspective. Most of us are balls of wax, easily manipulated...not her
"I wanted really abstract without any cause in this world" I took 20 years.. What a great journey, the art way..
sometimes cant hear whats being said because of the music
Putting music on such videos is such a cliche habit. It's always annoying, and you can't understand the purpose.
Ok boomer
Is that a metaphor of life.
Great Clip of Agnes Martin/Visual Analysis Assignment
I met her in 1973 at ICA in Phila. She had great presence like Gertrude Stein. Beautiful painter.
This video reminds me of someone very special to me... Thank you
So beautiful. The world needs more art
Well done, thank you. Those who want to see more of Agnes Martin might also want to check out a new prize-winning documentary about her ("Agnes Martin: Between the Lines"), trailer available here on UA-cam
I was in Seattle visiting my bro and we went to the Seattle art museum.
one Agnes Martin painting hung from the wall and I felt it....that museum is huge, 3 stories I think and after we had walked the space I said, 'that Agnes piece is my favorite.'
my brother quipped, 'of all the work in there, you picked out the worst one.'
you should have seen the one he picked. polar opposites.
I just really want to hug her rn :'( sad I can't
These tears in my eyes,..they,...they feel so nice.
Sincerely,
Rothko(looking at L'Atelier Rouge)
P.s.
They say it takes one to know ONE
I’ve never heard of this artist before watching this video clip. At this point in my life, it may be one of the most impactful 7:37 of artistic thought that I’ve experienced. Thank you for posting it.
what a beautiful soul
She can't help but express herself.
what a beautiful piece of film, feeling blessed to be able to see this
It’s crap and you know it. This woman is just mentally ill.
@@atmakali9599: What you mean to say is that the work isn't suited to your personal taste.
What is the musical soundtrack accompanying Martin's visual art? Non intrusive and yet
complimentary. Love to know. Thanks for a lovely, contemplative little piece of film Tate.
Thank you for this film
Does anyone know who did the music? It great!
Shame that the music overwhelms the commentary in places
the background music was way too loud-it pretty much overwhelmed the rest of the video.
The music was too loud in parts, very interesting artist.
Fantastic; really appreciate this video giving a look into this highly refined artist. Thank you!
3:30 excellent sound mixing
Theses background music is so loud that i can't hear the speker clearly :(
Wonderful episode. 😃
Yes the painting is a key to the art within you - to a deep feeling
I do like Rothko for all of my life.
Agnes Martin touches me the same way...but softer even. ☀
How would the experience be if the background wall was black?
Why in the world is the music so loud?? I have troube hearing the people speak... !!!!
Great fabric designs!
Quite beautiful.
Shocked at some of the philistinism here, incidentally.
Amazing short video
That's Minimal Art,wonderful 😮
i feel like art isn’t an explanation but it is a story, i saw her paintings in a gallery once and thought they were boring, another abstract blank looking canvas, but the story of her doing it makes it amazing
Music is way too loud.
wow super helpful perspective
Happy Birthday, Agnes!
Martin's "Night bird" is wonderful.
I wish I could see the world like she does
Incredible story
I love this video for helping me to understand more about her painting. Seeing these paintings in person, like I was fortunate to do at the Guggenheim, you can get the full expression of their subtle line work than can be expressed in a video or photograph.
Beautiful work. Subtle tones and careful composition.
Wowwww incredible feel good..!!
so pure innocent this enough for me
I am Thai.
At the museum, the paintings that draw less attention are the ones that require and allow the most attention.
I must take umbrage at any attempt to describe pictorial art or sculpture but yes they are stripes and grids with pale colors
The grid , editing,mantra and the experience amazing
Fer cries akes Tate...lower the volume of the music so we can hear and understand the people you've chosen to talk about Martin's work. What's the problem, that you get this so wrong?
music is so loud! can any1 hear what they're saying? lousy video work :/
I completely align with the notion of creating or responding with pure emotion without explanation. Being asked to explain what I'm creating always sparks intense annoyance in me - for reason that art is not a verbal communication - it demands looking with the eyes and responding from the heart. I would love to see this work first hand.
Love this
so awesome
It looks like beauty has to be in your mind with art like this!
Her art is something that needs to be experienced in person. Video or photos don’t do it justice. If you have the opportunity, go.
Sublime.
I believe seeing her work only in a video does not do it justice. I had an opportunity to see a group of her work at SFMOMA. from this video I can appreciate more of the physical labor and preparation that went into a painting. also from learning of her living in Taos, it makes sense, the stillness that some of her work evokes. the works I saw, mostly structured grid paintings, were like giant spiritual poems. I was always curious to know more about Martin.
The rose is not just in the mind.
Beauty is.
The Dying Rose is in the garden
because I planted it
The living rose is in my soul because
God planted it
?????????????????????????????????????
The rose is still beautiful because it’s still there it still exists despite not being able to see it
Amazing.
Thanks it’s great and very true honest professional painter 🌟🌟🌟🙏
Congratulations
It should be noted that she suffered from schizophrenia all her life. How it defined her work is still being debated.
I suppose a lot of people who would say she was a phoney, overcome by feminist jealousy of artists like Mark Rothko or Piet Mondrian but without any understanding of the abstract processes that went into their output:
Personally I think there would be much more interest in someone like Bridget Riley who was a lot less derivative when you think about it
Gosh the music in the background is so annoying. Why do they smear this tasteless thing over such decent documentary?
That indeed a beauty
whats the diffrence between Agnes Martin and the Erased De Kooning its so minute it takes some thinking
did you make this rhyme on purpose?
Thank you for this. It was fascinating to see the painter at work, and yes, 'restrained' perfectly describes her paintings. The perfect antidote (if one is needed) to the more strident, sometimes shrieking quality of Abstract Expressionism.
Sometimes I can barely hear and understand the voice of the commenter because of the overwhelming "background" noise from outer space. Senseless. Counterproductive. That's the only reason why you get a Thumb down.
wonderful
Very interesting
Maybe can't see 'it' on video?