“Picasso was an idiot - The Salon said so!”
Every wondered what 20th Century artists would have had to endure if they’d lived in the 19th Century? Other than facing obstacles when obtaining supplies, such as canvas quality paint etc. artists of a 100 years ago or so were challenged in multiple ways.
Certainly there was not a corporate “art/craft” store down the street where Picasso could shop. And consider the difficulty any artist overcame, during the 1800's or even any earlier time, in order to receive formal art training. What a life those of us who create art have now, to be able to slip in a CD of rain forest sounds, warm some water in the microwave for coffee or tee, and simply get into making art...
Here’s what is most alarming when comparing the challenges artists encounter with those roadblocks of the late 1800's. Nineteenth century Impressionists, Renoir, Monet among other artists were turned away by the elite class, governing the famed Solon in Paris. Shouldn’t we therefor aecium Picasso’s work would have similarly been rejected. Many so named “upper crust” art historians considered Picasso’s work shameless. Adolf Hitler found Picasso deplorable and others believe Picasso was an idiot.
Picasso’s style, though it changed throughout his lifetime, never met the “criterion” - predominately Realism, Rococo or Baroque. Ironic or consequential, and less does it matter that a few decades later Picasso was a major artist player on the world’s art history stage.
How can this be? It has been said, what shocks one society is often embraced by the next, but moreover societies never fully comprehend nor understand the far-reaching implications and contributions of an art form during ins initial debut. Time tells the final tale of what is art and what is not, and sadly wee too often judge that we struggle to understand yet find our children yearning toward.
Oh, by the way I never burned my Beatles albums when others did. Sorry to all those of you who couldn’t cash in on them. Anyway, final point: “Upside-Down Art” is here to stay and American Artist L. R. Emerson is continually forging new groung for the children of the next society which will embrace Emerson’s’s MASG style and my suggestion is for collectors to open their wallets for a piece of Art History in the making as Emerson’s MASG (Upside-Down Art) is here today.
Our present society certainly will see a significant number of artist rise up and create multi-directional or “Upside-Down Art” which Emerson terms MASG. Emerson intentionally kept his work secret for tow decades to insure MASG’s influence upon the artists of this age. As it is too often common for young artists to mimic styes and develop individualism methods based on influential artistic style.
Emerson’s multi-directional art will empower others to invent with full freedom to violate, sorry for Mondrian, however, violate the two-dimensional plane and create imagery with multiple views. Again this will happen and has already begun -just watch. Collection Emerson’s work is and assured travail. Remember, hindsight is passing up that trade with a buddy 50 years ago for a Honus Wagner card -who won that deal? Buy Emerson today. Visit e4fineart.com - The world’s Largest Solo Artist Site!
Read more about this topic at the new 21st Century Art Magazine, on-line. Hosted by e4 FINE ART “The largest solo artist site in the world”. Simply visit www.e4fineart.com to read our informative articles and to participate in free online exhibitions through our e4 Fine Art Museum.
Also, writers take note:
WANTED: writers, art critics, journalists, contact 21start@e4fineart.com if you are interested in writing about arts related issues and/or critiquing artist’s websites. 21st Century Art is looking for a few great writers or even semi-pro or retired writers interested in building experience or for fun. We would like to hear from you. Advertising trades are possible as well as free links. As this new century grows we look forward to growing with it.
Free gallery space is also available - artists are invited to submit images for review and selection for free gallery spaces with links to info@e4fineart.com. Thank you.
Mike Emerson
VP World Marketing
e4 FINE ART
Visit www.e4fineart.com - The world’s Largest Solo Artist Site!
|
|
