The Art and things we've made thread...

[MarcusA]

Persuasion is an art that I have never quite grasped.

[MarcusA]

Artistry is simply saying yes to something.

[The Magic Pudding.]

Bullshiting is delivering the words the world needs at that moment.

[MarcusA]

Time to skedaddle, time to die.

[hermes2015]

A 300mm diameter split concrete sphere with stainless steel elements. Although the concrete shell is hollow and the walls are only 15mm thick, the piece weighs in at 13kg.

[Tank]

Very Death Star. A lovely juxtaposition of shape, line, texture and lack of colour.

[hermes2015]

Thank you, Tank. One of the goals was to show the contrast between shiny stainless steel and raw, brutal concrete.

[Tank]

Thank you, Tank. One of the goals was to show the contrast between shiny stainless steel and raw, brutal concrete.

Goal achieved.

[MarcusA]

Does Brutalism function as art?

[billy rubin]

why did you make it round, and not some other shspe?

i stil cant figure out creativity

[MarcusA]

why did you make it round, and not some other shspe?

i stil cant figure out creativity

It's a concrete bubble, billy.

[billy rubin]

i dont understand art and creativity. its two parts. motivation and choice of expressio n.

im including materials in with expression.

why do people create? what attacts them to some particular medium?

why a haiku and not concrete and vise versa

[MarcusA]

i dont understand art and creativity. its two parts. motivation and choice of expressio n.

im including materials in with expression.

why do people create? what attacts them to some particular medium?

why a haiku and not concrete and vise versa

I write haiku poems and concrete poems of very few words - whatever gets my rocks off at the time - as long as the thought behind them is not a bubble, as long as they are understood.

[hermes2015]

Does Brutalism function as art?

Yes, it's been around for a long time. The movement or style is usually called by the French name Art Brut. Here is an in-depth discussion.

https://www.theartstory.org/movement/art-brut-and-outsider-art/

[hermes2015]

why did you make it round, and not some other shspe?

i stil cant figure out creativity

I don't know, I guess because it looked right to me in this piece. If I could articulate it, I suppose I could have written a poem. I am, in fact thinking of other pieces where perhaps vertical slabs are linked by filaments.