I censored a painting!

[verte76]

As many of you know, I had a major disappointment at the studio a couple of weeks ago when some of my paintings didn't get accepted for an exhibition. I started a painting after that, of me getting stabbed. I've decided that this painting is in really questionable taste, so I'm not going to make it public. I started it at home, and that's where it's going to stay. I'm sure other artists make similar decisions every day.

 

[deep]

I started a painting after that, of me getting stabbed.

well

that's a better idea than cutting your ear off

 

[yolland]

dammit deep, you stole my line! Now I have to wait another 6 months before something actually funny occurs to me again!

And I'm not sure whether I should feel disappointed or relieved that a picture of the painting was not posted...

Rage can give birth to some truly magnificent art, think of Artemesia Gentilleschi's Judith with the Head of Holofernes for example.

 

[deep]

 

[Doozer61]

i thought she just put all over it.

 

[Se7en]

is that the painting?

why censor it?

art is expression.

 

[Angela Harlem]

That's not verte's, unless she's hiding something from us!

art is indeed expression, most likely hence her censoring.

 

[hiphop]

I started a painting after that, of me getting stabbed.

Sounds interesting. I like pictures that provoke me in a way..

I've decided that this painting is in really questionable taste, so I'm not going to make it public.

That´s your decision. sometimes, the best messages are strong, uncensored ones, but sometimes, things just are a little over-... oversomething, if you know what I mean, so hmm.. I wouldn´t "censor" myself because it might be offensive to others, but I would "censor" myself if I think it is not a piece of art that represents me.

I'm sure other artists make similar decisions every day.

Yes they do. I´ve been writing song lyrics that I will never use. Some are too negative. Some are those stories that have this "so what"-factor.., and I´m not Dylan who can sing just about anything. And no more crooning love songs.

So yes, every artist makes those decisions every day.

Still, I would be interested in seeing your newest creation... [you could create a buzz by saying you´re not gonna show it to anyone.. marketing 101]

 

[verte76]

Yeah, art is expression. I don't like every painting I do. I've got about six canvases just sitting in my workroom that I never took to the studio. I often have two projects going simultaneously, one at the studio and one at home in the workroom. I am going to take another painting to the studio that I just finished, a piece called "Alchemy". It features a likeness of an athanor, a medieval alchemist's furnace. But the one of me getting stabbed, no, I don't like it, so it's staying at home.