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I can not look on more than 3 paintings per artist

then I am either fed up or tired or some other link catches my eye...

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Permalink Reply by Giulio Baistrocchi on February 12, 2008 at 18:48

yes you see so many works, that you want to explode, imagine the poor crowd of artreview trying to see all the artwork, i m sure they possibly can t look every artist properly

Permalink Reply by grijsz on February 12, 2008 at 18:56

and by the way, I want to put some of my works on the front page, it seems that the art is not yet on the most important place of the page displayed, or did I miss how to do it ?

I remember in the 80s I knew maybe 25 contemporary artists in Germany, now I know hundreds, one can get frightened, when realizing how many art is done every day... not only bad stuff, but good as well.

Permalink Reply by Carlos Cuevas on February 12, 2008 at 18:57

I am cleaning the studio/garage that becomes the catch all for my gleaning that I find it becomes frantic, I look at work that I created years ago and wonder if it is still fresh... I can not imange looking at hundreds other artists images and pick a handful of gems.

How do you keep that order in your head?

Permalink Reply by grijsz on February 12, 2008 at 19:04

I have the same problems, I think our eyes and brains and our artistic values doing a speedy time jump these days. I for myself got more free, but also more hasty, less caring about (sometimes important) details. I would like to have big flat displays in my apartment, where could be paintings displayed in a good quality. And the display could change every 2 or 6 hours. I think the industry promised us this kind of things 6 years ago.

Permalink Reply by Giulio Baistrocchi on February 12, 2008 at 19:09

are you saying on the group page or in yours?if it is yours go to your box where u got all ur links and go to edit and you will find a blue greemn small rectangle, you download a photo and wait till it is done. for the group these photos are good for the moment just to understand that irony and self irony is needed
for Carlos i think order iis an impossible task .......

Permalink Reply by grijsz on February 12, 2008 at 19:21

No, I meant on my own page. I want to change the layout to put my gallery upfront, but I don't want to change my theme. I'll try a bit more...

Permalink Reply by Chris Johnson on February 13, 2008 at 2:10

But the issue here seems to be quantity Vs Quality, why try to cover too much ground too quickly,
we are afflicted with a type of cultural virus, or programming, and in a major way, the internet
only intensifies this, stay on top of IT ALL, multitask, Time management, labor saving, time saving
devices, my ass, who has ANY time these days, it's Pressure that is what the big order shapes us
to handle, but the Hurry Factor also has infected the other areas
of our lives also, to our great loss

Permalink Reply by grijsz on February 13, 2008 at 4:53

Yes completely agree ! I still let it slow going from time to time (life in the Caucasus is still in many areas pretty slow) but I myself get impatient, if somebody does not react as fast as I expect and I put sometimes as lot of fastness in my day as I can, because it's an addiction probably already. What helps are the power black-outs in Tbilisi from time to time, but even these becoming rarer ;-)

Permalink Reply by Paulina Plizga on February 13, 2008 at 9:40

"I can not look on more than 3 paintings per artist"

I would say: it's far enough.With all this quantity of pics,links,names,nicks... it's quite impossible to do more.
For me internet it's just the way to fast-contact people and institutions.
What you see on the screen it's only a kind of reflection... kind of dream.
I think it's really important to see some real work in real life too... at least from time to time.
:)

Permalink Reply by Giulio Baistrocchi on February 13, 2008 at 9:40

yes and in a way it is a work that has to be done . not paid, and not the pleasure of doing art,when you don t do it, you say it is easy but assoon as you get to it you get addicted and find it difficult to give it his right place , maybe just take time.
Chris, your insight is very true so thanks for sharing it, and Grijsz i feel the same , when people don t react as fast as i would like, thinking what did i do, i think it reveals our ego to be liked as people and artists

Permalink Reply by Chris Johnson on February 14, 2008 at 2:31

we should take the time to give each thing before us, the attention it deserves

Permalink Reply by Carlos Cuevas on February 14, 2008 at 2:38

time is money, money is time...? I work with college students and I beat me head against the wall with the on how they "spend their time".

It has become a "Want it now,gimmie,gimmie Macworld" and I am not sure if its the burger place or the computer/phone people.