tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post5079864271280256147..comments2023-12-30T17:31:11.883+00:00Comments on The Solitary Walker: You've Got To Work At It A BitThe Solitary Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-17686456164264164392013-10-25T22:00:28.523+01:002013-10-25T22:00:28.523+01:00Thanks for your comments, Friko and Karin. One roo...Thanks for your comments, Friko and Karin. One room at a time. That's it!The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-17752275582506808742013-10-22T12:37:41.739+01:002013-10-22T12:37:41.739+01:00You've hit a nerve here! In a conversation wi...You've hit a nerve here! In a conversation with one of my daughters in law, I mentioned bringing the girls to the Philadelphia Art Museum. She replied there wasn't anything there to interest children. And I realized how lucky I'd been growing up.<br /><br />I was taken there fairly regularly. By my parents. By my grandparents. By school. And never to see the whole thing in one go. It became, and is still, one of my favorite places to visit. But for someone unfamiliar, it can be a complete overload, if taken all at once!<br /><br />So now to make a date with my little ones. TIme to introduce them, one room at a time! Even a two year old can appreciate looking and trying to find details on a beautiful Indian temple or in the Japanese Tea Garden. ksamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01998231466478015431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-51682383708334981962013-10-22T11:17:03.604+01:002013-10-22T11:17:03.604+01:00I am thinking of posting a similar piece, seen fro...I am thinking of posting a similar piece, seen from the perspective of personal experience. Grayson’s quote is exactly what I need. Your conclusions are mine too.Frikohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04277167831642088694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-1309427156452960892013-10-21T14:28:00.153+01:002013-10-21T14:28:00.153+01:00I think that's just the thing to do, Pat! An o...I think that's just the thing to do, Pat! An overdose of art is exhausting and counter-productive. But so many of us feel 'guilty' we haven't seen this or that in such and such a gallery, just because we are there, and feel we need to see x or y. Recently, in the Liverpool Tate, Carmen and I spent several hours with the Chagalls, but there were only a few rooms, and it was doable. Still, it was amazing how many people just seemed to 'glance' (as you say) and rush by. Incidentally, that Chagall exhibition was fabulous! The effect on you of the original painting, its colour and vibrancy, really brought it home how much of a 3rd rate experience reproductions are. (Still haven't done a post about this.) The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-62392188176112924762013-10-21T14:18:50.875+01:002013-10-21T14:18:50.875+01:00Paying attention . . . understanding background an...Paying attention . . . understanding background and context . . . oh, that's so right, Ruth. If we all did this, the world would be a better, less judgmental place.<br /><br />The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-58412056663320762572013-10-21T11:29:08.881+01:002013-10-21T11:29:08.881+01:00My view on going round Galleries Robert has always...My view on going round Galleries Robert has always been to choose one area and stick to it, otherwise one tends to become satiated.<br />If I go to the National Gallery I love to look at the two Seurats - I might spend an hour there rather than trek from room to room glancing at works.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-62891198714184480222013-10-21T10:38:19.246+01:002013-10-21T10:38:19.246+01:00Thanks for this introduction to Perry, and for you...Thanks for this introduction to Perry, and for your reflections on his lectures. This conversation is enormously important, and I appreciate you bringing it before us (again). <br /><br />It's really about paying attention, long enough to begin to understand. Filling out the background, context. It's true of art, music, poetry, of people's lives and actions. I am more committed than ever to putting in a bit of work before making judgments . . . and well, maybe not making judgments at all.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-38372352870376881902013-10-20T20:08:11.403+01:002013-10-20T20:08:11.403+01:00I hadn't heard that interview, Am, but I agree...I hadn't heard that interview, Am, but I agree with you — wow, wow and wow! Grayson-Claire is such an eloquent artist, and I love the fact he's not Oxbridge and public school and all the rest. His Reith Lectures for the BBC are absolute gold, and sublimely entertaining, and I hope you can catch some of them. The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-32930175663783473722013-10-20T19:20:06.797+01:002013-10-20T19:20:06.797+01:00"I've been looking at art all my life and..."I've been looking at art all my life and there are still artists I don't feel up to liking yet." <br /><br />Here I am thanking you again. Just went out on a Google search for more about Grayson Perry. Among other things, found this which you may have listened to already:<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AgY2HlRbWyI<br /><br />Wow!:<br /><br />https://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=grayson+perry&gbv=2&tbm=isch#gbv=2&hl=en&q=grayson+perry+art+work&tbm=isch&imgdii=_amhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212213177713917828noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-1393088001277113552013-10-20T16:25:38.821+01:002013-10-20T16:25:38.821+01:00Thanks, George. I agree with you.
And Dominic — I...Thanks, George. I agree with you.<br /><br />And Dominic — I heard that, but didn't much care for the interviewer/ host who seemed to subject everyone to over-rigorous and unsympathetic questioning for that time of the morning. The Solitary Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11284354541952038339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-47108017193088014022013-10-20T16:09:52.849+01:002013-10-20T16:09:52.849+01:00It was good, wasn't it? He was on "Start ...It was good, wasn't it? He was on "Start the Week", too. Dominic Rivronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02618013365521035400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8319797996494487653.post-49179123460501901772013-10-20T15:01:54.186+01:002013-10-20T15:01:54.186+01:00This is an insightful post, Robert, and I agree en...This is an insightful post, Robert, and I agree entirely with Grayson Perry's observation that one has to work with art to fully appreciate its depth and value. It's one area in life in which we should be skeptical of first impressions. More often than not, we need to turn off the judgment switch and wait patiently for art to speak to us. The key, I think, is to always be open to discovery. That's the way good art is both created and appreciated.Georgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03959953035812596907noreply@blogger.com