I went yesterday to check your exhibition at The Modern Art Museum, and frankly I was impressed by many things there. First of all I was impressed by the number of people who came in and I was impressed by how big the frames were (9 times bigger than the artwork, however, it was balanced. Gotta admit.) Also I was impressed by your ability to talk about your ‘artworks’ with such passion and enthusiasm I considered going back to see them again in case I missed anything, and how you made it sound really interesting while it wasn’t.
I was standing there, waiting for you to finish ‘explaining’ your ‘art’. I really wanted to tell you that your stuff belongs to your sketch book not the walls of the museum of modern arts. (not that it got any prestigious state or anything) Oh wait, … did you think it was ‘modern’ to show your doodles to the public and offer them for sale for no less than 175 KDs.
I’m not saying this because you used black pen on paper, I had the same idea for an exhibition too. There’s nothing wrong with making a whole exhibition in black but there’s a big one with making a whole exhibition of doodles. Don’t get me wrong I liked some of them, I loved how some of them had some cool textures and compositions although you only used black and white. I have nothing against you as a person (actually you’re kinda cute) I just have a problem with your ‘art’. I know you are new in the art scene but you should’ve thought twice before making an exhibition like that.
I’m not saying you won’t sell, actually, you might have already sold some by now but that’s not the standard to judge if you had a ’successful’ exhibition or not, and I’m not sure actually what the standard is, if there’s any to start with. I mean I’m all for the ‘art is subjective’ and ‘there’s no good/bad art’ but there’s common sense and people can differentiate a good craftsmanship from a bad one.
There’s an old quote I have no idea where I heard it but it’s so true and I thought maybe I can share it with you, ‘If you can’t make it good, make it red, and If you can’t make it red, make it big” I’m sorry but you failed to achieve any of these things therefore you are not ‘good’.
UPDATE: Just added the pics at 26/5, 02:54 AM
This one is my favorite, I love the detailed texture of the leaves. I used to have this style of drawing (still do actually) which involved alot of leaves too. I guess that’s why I can relate to this one. ACTUALLY, I was holding my moleskine and opening it to this page where I had some doodles, I wanted to show her how I got some of my ‘doodles’ in my sketch book, where they belong, and how they might inspire me to develop them into a ‘finsished’ artworks.
This one is so ‘out there’ according to a friend of mine whom I totaly agree with. It reminds me of Picasso’s series of bull abstractions, however, I’m not sure what these lines are ‘abstracting’ exactly.
Now this is the kind of stuff you would find in the notebook of a frustrated teenager girl. No mastery on her lines, just plain doodle-y.
That’s something I/you/she would do if I/you/she was having a boring phone call with a pen in her hand and a blank paper starring at me/you/her.
I MIGHT/ MIGHT NOT ADD TO THIS LATER ON
Rock on
Yours Truly,
Tata Botata
