tisdag 27 december 2011

Imaginative differences

Sometimes I read really bad reviews of wine, such as "it's a good red, with a strong flavour of black currents and a distinct smell of toast" and I wonder what would happen if one transferred this highly unimaginative and unappreciative way of describing things over to the art world. Imagine sitting with your eyes closed and someone with a flat voice telling you about Munch's "The scream".
And, ladies and gentlemen, "The Scream" is a 36 in x 28.9 in painting, done in pastel paint, of a brown little figure with its mouth open and it's hands over its ears. It's standing on a wooden structure, and in the background there's some water and the sky is red. There are some people in the background.
You'd come away thinking that this highly emotive painting is probably an afternoon depiction of a chimpanzee at the zoo. Not quite doing justice to the art, wouldn't you agree?

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