Edward Hopper: The Loneliness Thing
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- Опубліковано 20 бер 2020
- My first post amid social distancing, is a narrated article on Edward Hopper. Hopper’s paintings and the ideas about his work in this essay spoke to me as I picked up groceries from the store and saw expressed in the people around me that underlying sense of loneliness I often feel is present in urban American life in Los Angeles, but sitting quietly beneath the surface of our niceties. The changes we have all faced in the last week seem to have made that quiet loneliness much louder. But I for one am not impartial to a sense of nostalgia, a feeling of longing and persistent incompleteness that could live happily in me forever. Trying to fill in that whole in my chest is the fuel for my creative work. I hope you also feel that this time of solitude will bring out a great new wave of creative flourishing that has been humming just below the surface.
This essay was written by my late father Peter Fuller, the screenplay I recently completed about him called MODERN ART, before the shut down had just won Best Screenplay (3rd Place) at Hollywood Reel Film Festival and had been accepted as Official Selection in competition or Finalist placement in Beverly Hills Film Festival, Manhattan Film Festival, Big Apple Screenplay Competition, Firenze FilmCorti International Festival (Italy), Film Arte Festival (Madrid), Drama Inc Screenplay Competition, and Twister Alley Film Festival. All of which have been postponed by at least a couple months to protect public health and safety. But the good news is they will be back on soon and in the meantime you can read more of Peter Fuller’s essay on my site www.laurencefuller.art/blog
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I see heartbreaking loneliness in his work . I adore him and his paintings .
His art literally makes me cry
There’s a soothing quietness about his paintings 🖼️; almost like he’s painting a passing time!🤓
The loneliness is brought into relief by placing isolated human figures inside while the outside intrudes into and is made part of the inside. The fundamental distinction introduced into the world by architecture i.e. inside vs. outside, was Hopper's life-long preoccupation. When a painting presents inside only, it is usually the inside of public space with islands of privacy - hotel lobbies, movie theaters, restaurants, etc.
Nice video essay. If I may offer one critique... the music is louder than the dialogue and gets distracting at points. Thanks for making and sharing!
I agree. The music should be complementary and not distract from the speaker. Otherwise, an excellent take on an American treasure, Edward Hopper.
the overpowering music IS beautiful. the painting IS beautiful. and perhaps the narration was beautiful.
Yeah you’re right. It’s a constructive point.
Let me tack on an additional critique. Give the video a proper end or outro. It just came to an abrupt stop and left me thinking "wheres the rest of the video?"
@@UnrealNuminapretty much like an hopper painting…
"Loneliness" never seemed to capture nearly the full depth of the inner state his paint portrays. Forlorn is closer to it. His people and his places are of a kind, and more than merely lonely, to me. They are depictions of the moments, the time, following something, a long forgotten or buried memory?-- that has made even buildings and the sun hit "pause". The smallness of who we are has just hit home.
There are a lot of adjectives you could use to describe his work but I agree that forlorn is a good one. Morose, melancholic, nostalgic, a pregnant pause etc all can be applied. Such a great artist
Loneliness is an emotional reaction to the absence of human company. This is very different from aloneness which, in the nature of the individuals we are, is a given state. It's hard to say exactly what Hopper was trying to capture but he conveys separateness from a world dominated by objects, whether of nature or of human construction or, indeed, others.
Architecture divides& conquers❤❤
i think Alone better than Lonliness....where one choses to be alone..to contemplate, to think... really enjoyed this..thanks
Timeless.
Feeling alone makes me wanna cry but I can't force myself and it's just natural.
I think it's not just loneliness; his narrative of isolation within modern human structures, as well as isolation within constructs of relationships between subjects depicted gives a more nuanced idea of him as opposed to just deeming it loneliness. There is an inherent and unspoken brutality of human flesh enveloped by concrete, metal and glass.
You have a wonderful voice for narration! Really enjoyed this.
I've always admired his work, I love the strong sunshine against the deepest shadows and the really unusual perspectives like he's viewing from a neighbouring roof top
i love Hopper's paintings.
why they gotta do my boy hopper like that. his work is great
i loved it, keep on the amazing work bro!
Well done, Fuller. Do more.
very pleasant narration and interesting video. I like that you actually give the paintings time to shine.
I dunno, but I feel freedom, looking at his paintings.
This narration is fucking fire
Idealnie potrafił nadać światłu porę dnia i miejsce na Ziemi.
if only u had a version of this written down on some random website then i could use it for my essay
Someone needs to remix their sounds. The narration gets swamped by the background at around 7:45.
The first painting remind me of haruki murakami novels, i wonder if Edward Hooper had any influence on his works...
The music is so loud in some places!!
Thank you. Often background music gets too loud and makes the narrator's voice unhearable.
It's not loneliness it's peacefulness. No one sees it.
I feel the loneliness more than the peace. It could be me though recognizing a personal experience. Perhaps it is in the eye of the beholder.
It does depend on whether or not you're neuro typical. I really feel from what I have read and heard he may very well have been on the spectrum. That's why his work appeals so much to me.
🥀 🔥
What I don’t like about the video is the cutting or cropping of the paintings other tan that great work!
great video! what’s the music?
April- Thomas Newman ( revolutionary Road movie _
Too much on Rothko; it's not an apt comparison, and Hopper railed against abstraction.
Where is the music from?
turn the music down when you're talking ffs
Talk louder man, cannot hear you thru the music
Work on your English comprehension. His voice volume is fine. The music should be turned down.
At 7:40 the music completely ruined this video. It blew out the narration 100%. Why don't people proof read their work before they post. I don't get it.