Somebody Doesn't Like Salvador Dali's Works.

Canary42 | 07:32 Wed 02nd Feb 2022 | Arts & Literature

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Now, who could that be ?

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naomi24

The point here, Khandro, is I think that without understanding, 'modern' art doesn't always appear to be beautiful. As YMB said it often looks 'a mess'. That was brought home to me when I examined Picasso's 'The Weeping Woman' and discovered the impetus for what I had previously considered to be a messy, ugly work. Now I think it's absolutely brilliant.

Khandro

n. It's a big mistake to think art has to be beautiful, it may or may not be, but to be good, it has to be SIGNIFICANT.
Look for example at Expressionism & Dada, or for that matter, a lot of the paintings & etchings of Goya.

naomi24

There are no 'mistakes' in personal taste. Taste is individual. People pay stupid money for what I consider to the a blight on the art world - Tracy Emin's offerings - but if they see something in them, so be it.

andy-hughes

Khandro - // It's a big mistake to think art has to be beautiful, it may or may not be, but to be good, it has to be SIGNIFICANT. //

I don;t think naomi has suggested that art has to be "beautiful".

I believe she is pointing out that the appeal, or not, or art is in the eye of the beholder.

For me, art can be appreciated, or not, on any number of levels including complete dismissal.

That's the whole point of it.

jno

Dali's work isn't abstract. He was a surrealist, which is an entirely different thing.

Milo2

As has been suggested, art appreciation is very subjective. I visited the Jean Miro gallery in Barcelona. I was part of a tour with a guide. It started with about twenty of us and ended with three of us as the rest decided it was not for them.

andy-hughes

It's interesting how what appears to have been a mischievous OP from Canary has turned into an interesting debate about art, and Canary has disappeared.

Sulking that his original intent got turned into something positive perhaps.

jno

we're not all on here 24/7 to monitor our posts, andy. Though in this case it would be nice to know what on earth the OP was about.

andy-hughes

jno - // we're not all on here 24/7 to monitor our posts, andy. //

I haven't suggested that we are, so I'm not sure what your point is.

// Though in this case it would be nice to know what on earth the OP was about. //

I have an idea, but I'm not pursuing it, because it is based on mischief-making, and that goes nowhere except downhill.

jno

you said "Canary has disappeared". We all disappear for lengthy stretches, for a multitude of good reasons. I don't think this is worth remarking on unless you're being sarcastic, which is how your comment came across.

andy-hughes

jno - // you said "Canary has disappeared". We all disappear for lengthy stretches, for a multitude of good reasons. //

Thanks for your explanation, I understand what you mean now.

Canary may well return, we shall see.

aelmpvw

unless canary omitted a link his op was far too cryptic for me . . .

pat2604

I'm boring. I like looking at pictures I like and avoid everything else.

gness

Perhaps the one you chose, Canary? For a silly reason and nothing to do with art?

Dali was great to study with Year 6 pupils.....really stirred their imagination.
Even better was..... paint a picture of one of your classmates in the style of Picasso.
The one to avoid for fear of annoying the cleaners was Jackson Pollock.... :-)

Khandro

n. //People pay stupid money for what I consider to the a blight on the art world //

This is true, but many of these exorbitant prices of millions, are to do with international money-laundering rather the quality of art.

naomi24

Really? If that’s common knowledge in the art world, hopefully it’s kept under close scrutiny.