Mining in the Field of Art

Classifying and Defining… that is not ANTI-Creative [maybe that's a name for an Art Movement, the ANTI-CREATIVES who will become the "ANTIS" not to be confused with the Aunties !] 

When one draws, one defines the space 2-dimensionally and makes hundreds if not thousands of choices in a short span of time. 

When one paints, one adds color to the mix making the choice options endless [Is that MIXISM?]

In my opinion the 7 DIRTY WORDS of Art Movements are: CUBISM, DADA, ABSTRACTION, SURREALISM, ART BRUT, CONCEPTUAL ART & COMPUTER ART

All misunderstood, most are disliked by the general public and argued about endlessly by Artists. 

When working as a graphic artist/illustrator I had a client say to me, “We will have no Cubism here.”  

Video of Picasso painting

and discovering the things that connect with you in a visual sense is a core part of what an Artist does.  Ed Zerne

that transcends time… a form of time travel, if you will accept the visual and technical possiblities.

We use traditional and ancient technologies to make creative statements in the present. We experiment with new technologies that point us to the future.

We can look at a cave “painting” and see it in the present… while being transported to visual experiences that are quite ancient. We bring a fresh vision to the work if we are open to it and that assists us in understanding and experiencing the past.

Art is a form of Conceptual Time Travel.    Ed Zerne

pero soy tremenda puta !”  Source Jesús Ravelo.

Translation: I don’t know anything about Art, but I’m a great whore !

El Espacio Aglutinador, Cuba’s Only Ongoing Independent Artists’ Space since 1994

have little to do with your philosophy of Art… and everything to do with your regular practice as an Artist.  Ed Zerne

were the words I overheard as two ladies walked through a roomful of Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Clito Ruiz y Picasso’s work. I was in my first year at the Corcoran School of Art. It was my custom to frequent the various museums of Washinton, D. C. , on this day I was at the National Gallery of Art.

These blue haired ladies were about the age I am now.  The first lady said, “Do you like Picasso ?”

Her friend responded, “I don’t like his work.”

The first lady then said, “I don’t like his work either, BUT I wish I understood him.”

They ambled towards the Impressionist Rooms as I took a seat on the wood bench in the middle of the room. It came to me that there was a choice presented: One could learn about the work of Picasso and its meaning OR one could remain ignorant of the ideas behind the work. Learning requires a little work & Ignorance is the lazy person’s domain.

Pablo Picasso, Guernica, Paris, 1 May to 4 June 1937, Oil on canvas , 349.3 x 776.6 cm, Zervos IX, 65,  Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid

on the Curb and they will both be taken for different reasons.   Ed Zerne

a Personal Vision of Your World.  Ed Zerne