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Degenerate art

There is nothing worse than a sharp image of a fuzzy concept. Ansel Adams

All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth. Richard Avedon

All art is quite useless. Oscar Wilde

Ideas are far more powerful than guns. We don't allow our enemies to have guns, why should we allow them to have ideas? Joseph Stalin

Great art picks up where nature ends. Marc Chagall

I don't paint things. I only paint the difference between things. Henri Matisse

Art is magic delivered from the lie of being truth. Theodor Adorno

Behind every beautiful thing,

 there's been some kind of pain.

 Bob Dylan

Of all lies, art is the least untrue. Gustave Flaubert

Abstract Art: A product of the untalented, sold by the unprincipled to the utterly bewildered.

Al Capp

The task of art today is to bring chaos into order.

Theodor Adorno

You don't have to sort of enhance reality. There is nothing stranger than truth. Annie Leibovitz

The

purpose of art

is washing

the dust

of daily life

off our souls.

Pablo Picasso

You don't take a photograph, you make it. Ansel Adams

Whenever I hear the word 'art' I reach for my gun. Goebbels

It’s not the photographer who makes the picture, but the person being photographed. Sebastião Salgado

In art as in love, instinct is enough. Anatole France

Photography is truth. Jean-Luc Goddard

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

To Liliana
COMMENTS
Liliana said at 6:13 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
¡¡¡¡Arte.. colores, trozos , palabras y... Brasil!!!! Demais para meus cinco minutos... Tudo explode!!!!! Necesito HORAS, no es nada livuiano (¿buscabas provocar...?)... Volveré.
Mientras: ¡¡gracias por hacerme pensar!! (frase también robada, pero no a un famoso).
Pkeener said at 6:32 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
I am so in love with this Tabblo!!! can i marry it? Liliana, this is such a BEAUTIFUL dedication for you. Is your middle name MUSE? W O W.
Edu, you had me at Degenerate. this is abslutely one of my all time faves. This artwok from a wall, I am thinking, is so great with the choice of quotes. Can I have your autograph?
Leftofcenter said at 6:35 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
bwaaaaanaaaaaaaaa!!!! just loooove this concept colorful abstract street art with quotes!! why didn't I think of this??? fantastic Eduardo, your tabs are little jewels these days (well always but you've been away..) it's a fave!! Hi Liliana!!!
Eduardo.affonso said at 6:37 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
Conseguir provocar é mais estimulante (e mais difícil) que conseguir elogios, não é? Espero que as pessoas dediquem mesmo mais que os cinco (cinco?? dois, no máximo) minutos de praxe.
Candlepower said at 6:39 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
Very intersting!
Pkeener said at 6:39 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
I would like to add one of my favorite all time quotes about photography by Richard Avedon: All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.
Eduardo.affonso said at 6:41 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
PAM: Yes, you can marry it. Like its author, it's still single and available. But, also like its author, it's not as easy to handle as you may suppose.

ANNELIES: This has been done many times before (by you, by Pam, by Katkee, by most of us). Not quoting Goebbels, of course...
Eduardo.affonso said at 6:43 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
I'll borrow your favorite quote, PAM. I have already found a special place for it. Thanks, partner!
Leftofcenter said at 6:45 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
I did??? no way jose, ok graffiti and the odd quote, but nothing like this, it's the whole picture and you only show part of the graffiti and being "leftie" I like that!! ;)
Pkeener said at 6:52 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
I'll take my chances!
Liliana said at 6:55 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
¡¡¡¡¡¡Gracias, no había leído que era para mí...!!!!!! ¡Qué sorpresa estimulante! Y un compromiso, también, ja,ja.
Iré por partes (como decía Jack the Ripper...).
Lo más llamativo: las mezclas de gente (Stalin y Chagall, de locos...). Un poster: la pared de "Fé"... y al lado, la cita...¡¡¡sin ninguna fe!!! Eso sí es movilizante, me encantó.
Y el dibujo con la frase de Chagall es... chagalliano, ¿cómo lo encontraste...? Con esa figura como desvaneciéndose, etérea...
Adorno y el caos, más simple y real, imposible.
¿¿¿Será de Camus o de Wilde y Bernard Shaw juntos la cita del arte sabstracto???
Ansel Adams: fascinante la planta combinándose con la pintura.
¡¡¡Y para Picasso ... hasta parece una cara de sus toros el dibujo!!! La frase, poética. La voy a buscar en castellano (espero que la haya dicho en nuestra lengua...).
¿No es genial Matisse? Lo qe dice, lo hizo. ¡¡¡Y tu elección ahí fue digitada por él desde algún lugar, no vas a decir que no!!!
Y, por supuesto, adoro a Wilde y a Flaubert...¡¡y sus fondos, acá!!
La clave de tus fotos está en... ¡Salgado!
Liliana said at 6:58 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
Pam & Leftie: thank you very much!!! Yes, sometimes I am a "muse", when I have enough time ;).
Eduardo: ¡obrigada, entao, pela estimulaçao!!!
NavyMom said at 7:03 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
surely we can get an Arts Canada grant to bring you over for Mary's art class. beautiful tabblo
Eduardo.affonso said at 7:12 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
LILIANA: Você mais do que merece a dedicatória. Saiba que é você, muitas vezes, quem me estimula (telepaticamente) a fazer coisas cada vez menos óbvias. Ainda que o óbvio tenha (grande) poder de sedução sobre mim.

As citações foram acontecendo meio ao acaso, e o casamento com as imagens foi puramente intuitivo. Depois é que fui buscando as conexões (se é que elas realmente existem). As do Matisse e do Bob Dylan foram, a meu ver, as mais bem sucedidas. A do Stalin foi imediata, como se não houvesse outra possibilidade. Como sempre, algumas citações eu sabia de cor, em Português (e tive que buscar a tradução - e, nessa busca, outra citações iam aparecendo). Em outros casos, pesquisei frases de pessoas que, possivelmente, teriam dito algo sobre os temas que me interessavam (Leibovitz, Sebastião Salgado, Cartier-Bresson, Picasso).

A citação atribuída ao Camus parece mesmo controversa. Eu a conhecia atribuída a Al Capp, a Grouxo Marx... Vou averiguar e corrigir, se for o caso. Não é muito "camusiana", efetivamente.

A chave de tudo, para mim, entretanto, está com o Anatole France.
Eduardo.affonso said at 7:13 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
I'll gladly accept it, SHIRL!
Mjpileggi said at 7:20 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
This is incredible!!! Love the quotes and the art that goes along with them. Great tabblo Eduardo!
Decoy said at 7:22 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
This is brilliant, no words necessary.. you said it all, by words and with your photography.
Dcs said at 7:25 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
Well done. I particularly like Salgado's quote.
Liliana said at 7:29 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
Telepatía, ¡¡sí!! La de Anatole France fue la primera cita que iba a comentar... y como fue la primera...¡me olvidé! Es que me dejó bastante "mareada", me preguntaba qué es instinto...¿para captar, para hacer-dar-, para interpretar...? O para todo. En el arte, todo bien... mas no amor, eu nao saberia o que dizer.
No sé si será real la de Camus, yo te preguntaba por lo irónico del texto, nada más.
¡¡Buenísima la estimulación mutua!! Es así nuestra amistad de ¡¡zil anos!! No me parece que lo obvio sea lo tuyo...
Mis citas sí son más obvias: como cuando respondí que soy una musa... cuando tengo tiempo. Philleas Fogg, en "La vuelta al mundo en 80 días" contesta: "Sí, cuando tengo tiempo", cuando le dicen que es un hombre generoso. Al escribir, me vino a la cabeza ... No tan poético, ¿no?
Pkeener said at 8:09 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
Great job with the Avedon after the Goddard
Eduardo.affonso said at 8:10 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
Thanks, MONICA, ANNA & DAVE. Sebastião Salgado is one of my favorite photographers, and I like his quote very much.
Liliana said at 8:21 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
Tudo bom, mas... ahora se pierde un poquito el "Brasil" sobre la pureza del gris...snif... Aunque era lógica esa colocación, por la cita anterior. ¡¡¡¡El arte es así, contradictorio y cambiante!!!! ;)
Eduardo.affonso said at 8:26 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
LILIANA: Instinto sempre me lembra Freud, claro. Não tinha percebido a citação da "Volta ao mundo" (leitura dos meus distantes 12, 13 anos de idade). Uma das pragas da pós-modernidade, aliás, é o excesso de citações - acaba-se por repetir o já dito, em vez de criar ditos novos. E não falo só de citações literárias, claro. Fico pensando se outra praga não será o "recorte", essa mania de tirar as coisas do seu contexto (como nesses zooms de grafittis) e transformá-las em outras coisas. Fragmentos que nunca vão se sustentar como coisas inteiras. Enfim, divago. É a hora.
Liliana said at 8:43 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
Para mí, siempre es "la hora". Lo de Verne me surgió ¡¡porque lo estoy leyendo con los chicos de la escuela!! NO creo qe nadie lo perciba, pero el tema, más que el percibir, es cómo surgen , llegan a uno esas frases. Yo creo que , por Internet, hay un exceso de este tipo de miscelánea. Cualquiera puede escribir "arte-utopía" o "arte-fio dental" o "arte- tiranosaurio" y va a encontrar citas sobre eso. Estoy de acuerdo con vos.
El recorte va y viene del collage, es creativo, es otra mirada, ¡bienvenida! A cualquier hora, claro.
Pkeener said at 10:28 p.m. on Nov 29, 2007:
I never thought I would see the creator of 'lil' Abner quoted alongside Stalin Chagal and Picaso! I also applaud the Annie L. another hero of mine. the juxtaposition of the bright gaffiti, next to the quotes, the framing you used, and the intuitive way you matched the quotes to the snippets of art work is just so delightful
Chiloedream said at 2:48 a.m. on Nov 30, 2007:
A masterpiece, c'est très très beau, salut mon ami.
Rita.Mandarino said at 7:41 a.m. on Nov 30, 2007:
Edu , ficaram absolutamente fantásticas! Adoro grafite, a arte mais antiga do mundo e tão atual. Seus recortes junto com as citações acabaram por transforma-los numa obra única. Tenho vontade de imprimir e colocar na minha parede da sala.
Eduardo.affonso said at 8:05 a.m. on Nov 30, 2007:
RITA: Este é o melhor elogio que eu poderia receber! Pensei em fazer cartões postais com essas imagens (o Tabblo também faz posters, livros, cartões, vc sabia? Vc pode fazê-los virtuais, só na net, ou em papel: eles imprimem e te mandam pelo Correio - e nem é tão caro assim). Todos esses grafittis estão na pracinha onde passeio meus cachorros. Um dia, do nada, resolvi fotografar detalhes deles e achei que seriam um bom suporte para algumas citações - e, por que não?, para algumas provocações. Afinal, não é toda hora que vc mistura Goebbels com Bob Dylan, né não?

THIERRY: Merci beaucoup, mon ami!

LILIANA: Obrigado pela inspiração - não vejo a hora de fazer um tabblo sobre arte-tiranossauro ou arte-fio dental!

PAM: The mix of celebrities was part of the fun. And I also enjoyed the challenge of making this using only intuition - or instinct, as Anatole France said. By the way, I'm still wonderind why I used purple as background color...
Pkeener said at 8:33 a.m. on Nov 30, 2007:
PURPLE is the color of Creativity and Passion!!! thats why. your instincts. And guess what? its my favorite color. and i could go on and on about the comarisons and contrasts of the artists quoted. But i wont. I agree with GThierry! It is a Masterpiece.
Eduardo.affonso said at 9:07 a.m. on Nov 30, 2007:
Well, PAM, you might be right. I like purple, its depth, its connections (at least in Brazil) with death, pain, religion, passion. I thought orange was the color of creativity.
Tnouk said at 10:43 a.m. on Nov 30, 2007:
This is the most original tabblo I've yet to see. Great art!
Ktz said at 12:00 p.m. on Nov 30, 2007:
"Remember crime against property is not real crime. People look at an oil painting and admire the use of brushstrokes to convey meaning. People look at a graffiti painting and admire the use of a drainpipe to gain access." - Robert Banks (aka "Banksy")

A relevant quote by a relevant artist...

I adore the tabblo, absolutely stunning!
Magedimages said at 12:23 p.m. on Nov 30, 2007:
En découpant en morceaux les "tags" vous créez d'autres œuvres.
J'aime beaucoup ces cadrages de couleurs et de matières.
Au fond, en découpant l'art en morceaux, on a encore de l'art qu'on peut aussi découper en morceaux, etc...
Ah bon ? alors, l'art c'est partout et tout le temps ?
Et bien, on ne va pas s'ennuyer !
OscarDaniel said at 8:04 p.m. on Nov 30, 2007:
Exelente tabblo Eduardo!! como me gustaria encontrar uma citacao oportuna as vezes, show!!
Lunaticprophet said at 8:14 p.m. on Nov 30, 2007:
I love the graffiti and how you've captured it is simply brilliant! You've taken art and made more art from it...truly impressive.
Gretel said at 4:07 p.m. on Dec 1, 2007:
O dis iz da best Tabblow EVER. i luv it so mutch. all ov my artist frens are on it.
Eduardo.affonso said at 5:14 p.m. on Dec 1, 2007:
TRANG: Thanks a lot. I know I don't deserve your compliment, but I like it anyway...

KTZ: Many, many thanks for your kind words, and for your quotation. I'm fond of Banksy's insightful, provocative art.

MANUEL: Sorry I can't reply in French (je ne parle pas Français...). I agree with you: my idea, when i cropped these grafittis this way, was to look at them from a different perspective, including their "canvas" (decaying walls), focusing on colors and textures, no longer on the image itself.

OSCAR: Se todos tivéssemos as citações certas nos momentos oportunos, seríamos sempre geniais. Nem que fosse à custa dos outros...

"LUNATIC": Thanks! That's exactly what I had in mind. Max Ernst once said thad art must always be invention, discovery, revelation. We could add "transformation" to this list.

GRETEL: So all your artist friends are quoted here? You mean... Goebbels, Stalin, too? LOL
Ebucar said at 5:38 p.m. on Dec 1, 2007:
Show de bola, Eduardo.
Eduardo.affonso said at 5:41 p.m. on Dec 1, 2007:
Brigado, ELIANE! Não sou nenhum Ronaldinho, mas dou minhas cacetadas de vez em quando...
Winter2250 said at 12:00 p.m. on Dec 2, 2007:
This tabblo is incredible! The pics, along with the quotes make this one of the best expressions of artistic creativity I have seen on this site. Great work!!
TavarES said at 3:21 p.m. on Dec 2, 2007:
Belo Tabblo, Eduardo! Depois de tantas citações elogiosas, não vale a pena repetir mais, porque os elogios em excesso podem tornar-se num não estímulo para que o artista melhore. Gostei! ( FIVE *****).
Debdog said at 2:56 p.m. on Dec 3, 2007:
beautiful tabblo :)
AdSR said at 5:10 p.m. on Dec 3, 2007:
Great quotes!
Pkeener said at 5:53 p.m. on Dec 3, 2007:
I still love this and I still want to marry it.
Eduardo.affonso said at 5:54 p.m. on Dec 3, 2007:
Thanks for your kind comment, JOE! There are many creative tabbloers, and I am glad you inclued me among the ones you appreciate.

AFONSO: Elogios nunca são demais, mas realmente nos fazem perder um pouco a noção de realidade. Ou estagnamos ou começamos a nos repetir, como cães amestrados em busca de recompensa. O melhor é continuar tentando, experimentando, ousando coisas novas. Mas pode ter certeza de que as suas cinco estrelinhas me fizeram muito bem.

DEB & AdSR: Thanks! The quotes are really great, and I guess I reached my goal: to make people think about art.
Liliana said at 7:41 p.m. on Dec 3, 2007:
¡¡Se va a hacer un Tabblo kilométrico!! Ja,ja, ¡en mi honor! ;)
Algo que infla el ego: ¡¡logramos (¿qué hago con ese plural, Dios mío?) que la gente se movilizara, opinara! "Great shot, great job!".
Rataskaa said at 7:51 p.m. on Dec 7, 2007:
Wonderfull! An absolutely fantastic job! :)
Gerardfotografeert said at 5:23 p.m. on Dec 10, 2007:
Wow, this is great ART, excellent catch. It looks like Artcards. Well done and awesome lines. Thank you for sharing it.
Mdsf said at 8:02 p.m. on Dec 10, 2007:
I love the Flaubert's quote! Great tabblo, as always, Tio Du!!!
Jigs said at 10:30 p.m. on Dec 13, 2007:
Brilhante! Gênio! Eu amo todos eles! Obrigado! :-)
Ira said at 1:51 p.m. on Oct 5, 2008:
Magnificent photos. In this deserted place the true and art of self-expression of the people is born.
Pkeener said at 6:31 p.m. on Oct 6, 2008:
one of my al time favorites. Ansel Adams would be proud that you have lived up to his statement.
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