Reflections and art
On this Blog I will reflect my thoughts,
focussing on art, artists
and my cultural context

I do not hold any answers,
I hope to learn by posting the right questions

Who am I?
1 Where am I heading?
2 What are my roots?
3 What is my road and what is important to me?

In the context of art
4 What is my cultural identity and reference?
5 What are my learnings, and why do I consider the important?
6 What inspires me, and why should it be shared?
7 What are the central themes, and why you should care?

Quote – Max Beckmann
Art is creative for the sake of realization, not for amusement: for transfiguration, not for the sake of play. It is the quest of our self that drives us along the eternal and never-ending journey we must all make.

Quote – Max Beckmann
„Kunst kann nicht gelehrt werden – aber der Weg zur Kunst kann gelehrt werden.“

Quote – Max Beckmann
Die Kunst ist verflucht schwer. Wenn man abends bei einer Flasche Wein sitzt, meint man, es müsse wie von selber gehen. Am nächsten Morgen, nüchtern vor der großen weißen Leinwand, die Sachen wieder aus dem Nichts zu holen, da ist einem ganz anders zumute. Wenn ich morgens gemalt habe, bin ich den übrigen Tag nur noch ein lebender Leichnam.

Quote – Lucy Cantwell 2011
At a fundamental level, all art and creative output is the result of some expenditure of time, as time is the medium in which thought and physical construction take place. However, much of how we experience art is removed from time, not only the passage of time as it relates to us, but also the time used by the artist to make the work or even the time period in which it was produced. In a gallery or museum (in virtually every space except the active artist’s studio itself), art is received as a static object, removed from time and flux.

This raises some questions—is it possible for a work of art to express the realities of being an experience wrought by time? If so, is this necessary or productive or interesting? Conversely, can one create art outside of time entirely? Is it possible to create art that is not concerned with time at all (acknowledging but entirely discounting the construction)?