Disjointed musings on Life, Love, Art, Nerd-dom, and the Pursuit of Happiness (or 'How I learned to love the Internet and stop worrying about the decline of Western Civilization')
Tuesday 12 May 2009
Hopper
no words really necessary. the intimate early 20th century paintings of edward hopper and the intimate late 20th century music of the blue nile. really beautiful combined. . .
this is beautiful. hopper is my favorite artist of course. they show two of my favorites in a row at 1:42. the first one, new york movie, is hanging on the wall in front of me, framed lovingly by nathaniel for my birthday seven years ago (aww, etc.).
on a somewhat related note, we went to a really interesting art exhibit housed in a 30,000 sq. ft. abandoned water treatment plant last weekend. most of it was conceptual stuff - almost like set decoration - capitalizing on the history and atmosphere of the place, which was in shambles when they got there six months ago. it was incredible being able to walk through the building now - machinery, dials, enormous windows and chipping paint everywhere. here are some photos. the room seen in the first one (with the period actors) was especially hopper-esque.
my dissertation in art school was about hopper for the most part, incorporating a few other american realists quite briefly, but the last third of it was about different artists being influenced by the way hopper laid out images, this sense of space and of looking in or out of these scenes he paints which is quite intimate and almost voyeuristic at times.
a chunk of my disertation in fact was a brief story, a piece of fiction, a story interpretation of what was going ON in 'nighthawks' and i think a lot of his work lends itself to that kind of interpretation. . .
sometimes his paintings are like scenes being played out. sometimes when i'm watching movies from teh fortties i even am caight thinking 'hey, this image looks like something from an edward hopper painting. . .'
he was just a really, really good observer of people and the human condition and their relation to environmental spaces. . .
You already know how I feel about this, especially the song. <3
ReplyDeletethis is beautiful. hopper is my favorite artist of course. they show two of my favorites in a row at 1:42. the first one, new york movie, is hanging on the wall in front of me, framed lovingly by nathaniel for my birthday seven years ago (aww, etc.).
ReplyDeleteon a somewhat related note, we went to a really interesting art exhibit housed in a 30,000 sq. ft. abandoned water treatment plant last weekend. most of it was conceptual stuff - almost like set decoration - capitalizing on the history and atmosphere of the place, which was in shambles when they got there six months ago. it was incredible being able to walk through the building now - machinery, dials, enormous windows and chipping paint everywhere. here are some photos. the room seen in the first one (with the period actors) was especially hopper-esque.
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"Nighthawks" done in Leggos...
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bron & arlene: thanks for those.
ReplyDeletemy dissertation in art school was about hopper for the most part, incorporating a few other american realists quite briefly, but the last third of it was about different artists being influenced by the way hopper laid out images, this sense of space and of looking in or out of these scenes he paints which is quite intimate and almost voyeuristic at times.
a chunk of my disertation in fact was a brief story, a piece of fiction, a story interpretation of what was going ON in 'nighthawks' and i think a lot of his work lends itself to that kind of interpretation. . .
sometimes his paintings are like scenes being played out. sometimes when i'm watching movies from teh fortties i even am caight thinking 'hey, this image looks like something from an edward hopper painting. . .'
he was just a really, really good observer of people and the human condition and their relation to environmental spaces. . .