tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30028408.post1487006990239037972..comments2023-09-27T08:57:12.279-07:00Comments on harold hollingsworth: Location, Location, Location...harold hollingsworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00729911692789213162noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30028408.post-47795284621058951542007-02-11T17:36:00.000-08:002007-02-11T17:36:00.000-08:00I have thought about this post quite a bit, being ...I have thought about this post quite a bit, being an abstract painter myself, having sometimes similar thoughts.<BR/><BR/>What seems to interest much of the art audience now is not a matter of if it's 'new' or not - but more a matter of if it's 'hot' or not. Sort of like the fashion trade.<BR/><BR/>But there have been a few painters, via Artstar, who have calmed whatever identity phobias I have with their clear vision of how real paint actually is. Nothing is more real and more variant, nothing has more potential.<BR/><BR/>EvaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30028408.post-58226390966185187422007-02-09T22:16:00.000-08:002007-02-09T22:16:00.000-08:00Hi Harold. Yes, growths blooming under flesh on vi...Hi Harold. Yes, growths blooming under flesh on video screens (Susan Robb) and houses defying gravity in photos (Amir Zaki) sound more exciting than abstract painting, but see how you've stacked the deck? Specific, specific and then (abstract painting) general.<BR/><BR/>The only thing you can do is to keep working. That's all anybody can do. Since that's exactly what you're doing, I think you should be whistling a happy tune, not worrying about art tumors and houses in the air. Fondly, ReginaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com