tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post8632326989915971266..comments2024-03-17T09:48:51.194-07:00Comments on Art Contrarian: Art and Comics Coverge?Donald Pittengerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-86501144666146676432011-11-20T02:26:52.398-08:002011-11-20T02:26:52.398-08:00I could imagine finding the Brian Calvin painting ...I could imagine finding the Brian Calvin painting as one frame in a contemporary comic book -- assuming of course, it did something to move the story along.<br /><br />The other two paintings are ... pointless, to be charitable. Are the people shown rich or poor? The bicyclists seem to feel despair; is "Loafers" an apt title? How old are the maidens in Kyoto Sky? 12? 20? I assume the occasion is a holiday -- are those animal shapes kites? Is the floating woman a kite? Are those city buildings in the backgrounds new or delapidated, clean or grubby? Do people die there or just go to pay taxes? <br /><br />And so on. Comic book art pretty much moves the story along, some of it serves to describe settings; there isn't space for pure sportiveness or art-for-art-sake, so no, this stuff wouldn't really go well into comics. Not as this is, anyhow.<br /><br />That said, let's recognize the women in Loafers are caricatures; I've known people who looked EXACTLY LIKE THIS, even though, of course, they couldn't have possibly. <br /><br />Maybe Takano's indolent flower children are grounded in some reality clear to her, or contemporary Japanese. (I cheated, and looked her up in Wikipedia, which basically explains this as a burlesque of some strains in Japanese culture. So there's stuff to appreciate here, if you grew up in Japan. Which makes this art. Small-a rather than Big-A art, but still ...)mike shupphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08383379836883992742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-13247827030144101372011-11-14T06:40:05.698-08:002011-11-14T06:40:05.698-08:00dearieme -- Indeed.dearieme -- Indeed.Donald Pittengerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11307228686847434740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7589105760911453392.post-87312189258042304472011-11-14T03:20:51.445-08:002011-11-14T03:20:51.445-08:00But, Don, these are all ugly.But, Don, these are all ugly.deariemenoreply@blogger.com