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As Agnes‘s work is not cerebral it’s esoteric. It’s difficult to look at the painting and describe it because the energy is in the paint it’s self. her paintings are beyond this world. Her brushstrokes, her technique, her genius is seen in the brush strokes but felt through energy. She has to be my favorite artist. Like a pure artist who meditates and then paints, meditates, waits for an impulse, and then paints - truly an inspiration. Her work is the only art thatHas touched me in this way. It’s almost as though you need to be a psychic in order to understand it because it’s so Much more than art. I am a huge fan and I’m so grateful an artist of this caliber is recognized in the art world even if the energy signature is completely missed some of the time.
Earlier this year I had the privilege of standing in front of "Friendship", at the MoMA. I was there with my partners and a friend, exploring the maze-like structure of the third floor of the museum. Right when we were turning a corner, I was pointed to the room where the painting was and I couldn't help but to loudly gasp and cover my face with my hands, feeling almost not worthy of that experience just yet. Agnes Martin is one of my all-time favorite painters and being able to finally see one of her works in real life was absolutely mindblowing, and the fact that it was such a simple, noble piece dedicated to the most beautiful thing in the world, really meant everything to me. The four of us stood in front of it, we hugged, we kissed, we cried (or at least I did) and we allowed the golden glow to radiate into us, filling us up with the beauty of our own friendship. People often say Rothko's works get an immediate response out of people, and I really like his paintings as well, but in my opinion Martin achieves this much better. Standing in front of one of her pieces fills you up with such simple feelings that are hard, if not impossible to portray through conventional means. You feel innocence, you feel friendship, you feel beauty, you feel the purest forms of every single human emotion. There really is nothing quite like her body of work.
I have been searching for something and this is it. It is the challenge of a rigorous form through the hands and the life of a devout artist. Deeply soothing.
This actually looks like the composition of a blood stream. Amazing what the mind can see beyond vision as we know it. I, myself, feel a continuous need to draw and paint things that my eye has never seen. I keep my art to myself or dispose of it after completion because I can't explain them without sounding crazy. Art is an expressive/creative outlet for disposing thoughts. I love your channel. Thank you.
This pair of commentators work so well together. Each successfully present their interpretation beautifully. A truly exceptional collaboration which respectfully highlights the art and the artist!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!
glorious and articulately put - I really enjoyed the film, watching it the day after I visited the Agnes Martin exhibition. Remembering the dissertation all those years ago when there was only a single piece on any gallery wall in the UK - Morning at the Tate Liverpool....
Jane Dalton Thank you, Jane, for the support and appreciation. I remember your avid interest. The exhibition is a unique opportunity to see so much of her work in one gallery. All the best.
MY GOD... SHE WAS A GENIUS..! ABSOLUTE GOD LIKE..! HER TALENT WAS OUT WORLDLY.. i BOW BEFORE HER ART.. I CANNOT FIND THE ULTIMATE WORDS TO DO HER ARTWORK JUSTICE... SOMEBODY JUMP IN HERE AND TAKE OVER...!
I saw this exhibition. Didn't know anything about Ms Martin. I love simplicity, repetition and geometry so this was a joy for me. You have to remind yourself that some artists just paint and produce work. They don't talk about what it represents or means. They don't make intellectual statements explaining their work. Some people dislike the work and some love it for what it is. Some are willing to pay lots of money to own it. 'Experts' step in and start interpreting the work. For some this enhances the experience. For others it irritates and enrages. This is not the fault of the artist.
I'm delighted to be looking at Agnes' work with the sound turned off. I saw her work at the Pace in Palo Alto, in one room with Navajo Rugs in the other.
I love the video and am glad to be getting a deeper perspective on her work, but I'm taken aback by these negative comments. So vehement are they in their dismissal of her work as 'art'. I think one needs to open their mind when looking at modern works because the beauty and promise won't be shouted at you like in Jaques-Louis David paintings, but instead they are subtle and live in the contemplation the work asks for. I recommend all of you here in the comment section to relax, forget about what art should be, and just let your mind wonder about why someone would take the time to make this object, what this person is trying to say.
I do not mean to offend anybody when I ask, what is the difference between this art and something that someone who isn't intentionally an artist makes? I can see how they can look at the artwork and create a meaning for it (sort of how you can read a poem and uncover the metaphors), but I feel like they're just making it important when maybe it wasn't meant to be important. I just can't wrap my mind around this (again, i dont want to offend anybody I'm just confused). The difference between art and craft. I can see how an intriquite piece of art can have clear message on it, but these just seem like paintings that you buy at Target to add color to your room. I don't understand.
First off, you're not offending anyone, like you said - you dont understand. Allow me to explain, Agnes Martin to Target is like Jimi Hendrix to Lil Wayne, not every rockstar is legit but we can't go blaming or lumping Jimi Hendrix in with Lil Wayne now can we? It's the same for Agnes Martin and Target. In regards to the message or metaphor within her work, they speak about this explicitly in this video - "Agnes Martin was very interested in Zen buddhism, Taoism, etc". I personally (and most people who are familiar with similar philosophies) find her work to be actually overwhelmingly obvious in relation to the messages and symbolism in her work. Abstract/non-representational painting is often considered one of the most profound forms of painting in regards to having a "message", because the most profound things in life cannot really be explained in concise and clear words or symbols. And generally speaking, the most amazing works of art have never really had a "clear" message, art usually is created with ambiguity and openess so that the viewer can create their own meaning instead of being told exactly what to think. If you really look at Martin's work, you can see that shes speaking about a union of many parts as one whole. That although there are many lines and grids and separate blocks, there is an overbearing 'oneness' to the image. But you're probably not really into that type of thing if your artistic frame of reference is Target. P.S. viewing a painting by Agnes Martin on a computer screen is like listening to Jimi Hendrix on your iPhone speakers, it just aint the real thing.
Sun Cat Wow that's actually really amazing. I'm into art, but mostly illustration. This type of art gets a lot of slack from people, but that explanation just made the artwork 100x better in my eyes. Now that I understand I can really enjoy it.
first of all, agnes martin is nowhere near the caliber of jimi hendrix in terms of master artist and master guitarist. agnes martin is NO master. period. and yes, i am into art, that is, good art, not just any art. the comparison to Target is actually pretty spot on and unbiased, without any shred of hate towards the artist. because comparing jimi hendrix to lil wayne is like comparing hieronymus bosch to agnes martin.
I am on my way to Harwood Museum today to see IN PERSON...8 of her original paintings. I cannot stop crying. So excited to actually be in a space where she sat...and where her art is on permanent display. "Happiness is the goal" (Agnes Martin) I am elated...I already know I will overtaken by emotion when I get in front of her art... So grateful for this chance...😍
As long as there are humans there will also be haters. For some folks beeing negative is their way of expressing themselves for whatever reason. Hasn't to be a lack of something or an imbalance necessarily. In the end it's just one part of the spectrum of personalities. Don't worry to much about it.
Jesse Krauß - People are entitled not to like like something without being dismissed as haters. Having cultural sensitivity and artistic taste, and having an objective view of what is beautiful and what can be considered talent does not make someone a hater. These artists have put their work into the world and it is right that it should be open to scrutiny. It’s great that you enjoy these works but opposing views are still legitimate.
Is it really true that this sort of art resonates with some people and why? I am an artist of realism myself (or at least I like to think so), and I am having a really hard time understanding this sort of extreme abstraction. I mean art is supposed to connect to the human brain and hopefully evoke some sort of emotion right? When looking at art like this without having somebody tell me anything about the painting I would never connect emotionally with it. Am I alone on this one?
Go and see some Agnes Martin in a gallery, they draw you in, I like large bold abstract and pop art, but there is a place in my soul for Agnes Martins work. There is so much more to these works than you can see on a small screen, open you mind and have a look
Totally agree with you on this. I generally pass by stuff like this as it's seemingly a waste of time. I get the time into these but come on already. Lol
Interesting talk and paintings - but I think they are beyond inside-outside - they are maybe an artists way of showing the very creative process of being present with the lived moment.
Great exhibition that is currently at LACMAin Los Angeles and moves to Guggenheim New York then. Those who want to see more of Agnes Martin might also want to check out a new prize-winning documentary about her ("Between the Lines", trailer available here: th-cam.com/video/cLF6tWblmGc/w-d-xo.html).
i just want to point that, how it seems from a first person point of view, a painting can very much appear spontaneously, i am an artist (i'm nobody, just about to try being an artist professionally) it's not 'pr' it is how it really is.
This video identifies the underpainting for Friendship as being white gesso, but another I've seen says it's tinted with a red oxide pigment, with the result being a soft rusty red resembling the 'bole' traditionally used to prime surfaces for gold leaf. Does anyone know for sure?
Aaron that's like saying the paint or material has nothing to do with art. every element in art is subjective and correcting it makes you look petty and vindictive.
I think it looks like a wall paper or probably some wall paper could even be more beautiful, without offence, I guess what is amazing is not her visual but the person’s patience, the skill and the adapted control she mastered into doing every lines, I could guess it took her a lot of lengthy time or days or years of practice ...the almost perfect repetition of measured lines trying to mimic straight lines that can be made perfect by a machine are a very tedious job. If this is made by a machine it is not interesting but if it is made by a human being it may not look bad for me and also it doesn’t look attractive but it is the character of the one who made it that will make you wonder or get curious at the works.
I believe that both Agness Martin and Anne Truitt have left a profound influence on many prominent artists working in the process/minimal field. I think of Brice Marden and Carl Andre as two examples. Don Judd on reviewing an exhibition of Anne Truitt said that if the woman had balls she'd be king.
I think the lighting is a bit too intense. Even just with the video, AKA my not being present in the rooms, the intensity of the lighting is discordant to the paintings and painful to my eye. It isn't in the least welcoming or hospitable. I think the Tate Modern did a disservice to the artist and her work in displaying it under such glaring, aggressive lighting.
Who else watches these types of vids and imagines some future Brits ( seems like the accent helps) discussing or explaining their own art? Ha! Fat chance. 😁
Pisces Those two shills talking up those shitty paintings need a good slap. "The painting is this, the painting is that". How about I tell you what the paintings are not. They are not interesting, they are not charming, they display no craft, no composition, no depth, no spirit, no imagination. They are not decorative, not colorful, they are boring, there is nothing to see beyond what a glance at them will give you, there is no theory, no direction for your eye or mind to follow, you gain nothing from them, learn nothing, they contain no surprise, stagnant, void, no beauty, no elegance, nothing to grow on you, the thing you wouldn't save if the building caught on fire, shallow. These 2 are doing a sales job. They are putting invisible clothes on a dick-less emperor. They are trying very hard to justify these paintings being on the walls where they work. I might look into this artist. I have been surprised at times to find that an artist I don't like has work or a period of work I do like. I'll tell ya, I don't see any merit to these paintings.
NELSON X well said. I get no energy or inspiration from those paintings. I appreciate the art but they got to cut the bullshit rhetoric lol art can be therapeutic or inspirational. Just about ones preference really
Now that is minimalism!. Although I prefer the minimalism of Kenneth Noland and Barnet Newman, Agnes Martin's works are quietly beautiful, serene and lend themselves to a sort of peaceful contemplation. I love her grey and white compositions. (My art history professor would thump me one if he knew I said that)! In fact I'm going to use that line in my next paper - just to drive him bonkers. Cheers.
Thanks for your response to the film and the art of Agnes Martin. Noland and Newman are both admirable but their paintings have different qualities. In Martin the ordering of the painting's surface by hand give the pictures quite a unique character.
This is just plain fun listening to these clever jokers making fun of these pieces of whatever. They are so convincing in their worship of these articles of nothing. It is absolute genius in the way they critique these objects of quantum zero. The real beauty of this is the way they bob and weave their way through the imaginary forest of literary tunnels and forbidden caves of forced admiration. These two have raised the bar of analytic jest. They are the real artists here. Absolutely brilliant. Some watch this and take them serious. They are undercover spies in an abstract world. They are having a fine time here. They have learned their craft well. Jest on dear ones.
Their interpretations of these artworks always go too far. It's always like that. Artists are more instinctive and spontaneous. No doubt they don't think that their brush strokes represent such and such. They do their job and after the curators extrapolate which is good, because it makes the artworks more attractive. 🖼
People seem to take pride in having a sort of ignorance when it comes to art like this. A way to rebel against the bourgeoisie so to speak. For those really wanting to understand you need to build your visual vernacular. A great book to read is Art as Therapy by Alain de Botton.
Some of us see things where there is nothing and others see nothing where there is something. I appreciate her work but I much prefer surrealism or expressionism.
Certainly over reading is not desirable, but does no one see the "cactus" sculpture as a relationship to sexual form such as Georgia One eye flowers as well as the aggressive phallic like thrones/modified leaves or petals? Her own sexual bent is surely being addressed here?
Do you like any other artist? Lets say you like Picasso. My neighbour thinks Picasso is mental and his art is rubbish. I would love to hear how you would respond to that.
The same neighbour thinks all realistic paintings are junk because they cannot even come close hi-res photographs in showing "reality" in all its glory. Unlike most of science or Mathematics, where there is a consensus based on conjectures, theories, axioms, proofs and experimental verification, literature, arts, music and performing arts depend on the person/society; basically who's receiving them. I guess you've answered it well "People invent arts and put values onto them; it's very subjective."
+Tee D i love mostly the old masters. regarding picasso, i like his cubist style and his blue period. at least imo, he really did have something new to say artistically, even if you disregard his public persona. most of the fashionable artists today rely too much on public persona imo, without the goods to back it up
+Rrdd so what if it's not loud? what makes it good is the real question. what do you like about her work? seriously, i'm not hating, i'm really wondering what her fans like about her art.
yea, good question, maggy. i'm not a fan of her art per say. i do like quiet art, though. it's relaxing to me. i tend to shy away from sharp, or intense creations. i always feel like that type of work, in all mediums, is somewhat compensating for something, or just trying too hard. nothing is really objective here, though.
+Rrdd i love different genres of art. i'm also a huge fan of a lot of artists whose work could be described as "quiet", like edward hopper for instance. but really, i don't know what's so appealing with some of contemporary artists such as agnes martin. i honestly don't get it at all. i feel like comparing art history to music history. most of the music legends are from the past and most of what we have today are just plain awful. this is what i think is also the case with what's happened with art. it used to be that you had to be as talented as dali or caravaggio or vermeer before you get to establish yourself as a serious artist deserving of criticism or accolade. now, all you need apparently is to draw a grid or to preserve a shark in a tank. edit: like in music today, there's extreme popularity with autotune, edm / dubstep, "live" lip-syncing and a bombastic public persona, art today no longer requires serious talent so long as the artist gets to externalize his / her ego by any means necessary. auctions don't help at all since places like sotheby's further worsen the bubble by encouraging moronic billionaire collectors and cementing unworthy names in history. damien hirst. i can't believe that guy is as popular as he is.
It's subtly intricate through all those little details like the pencil marks, etc. It sucks you in through it's soothing colors and geometry, but then you start thinking about those pencil marks and suddenly you start imagining the artist's process, imitating it yourself mentally. It's a great painting for meditation.
that's amizing wondeful with talking about 20mins with paintings but sometimes it is too much talk about art . i really wonder what agnes martins things lol art is so tricky
Not saying she isn't a great interesting artist, but I think her work is almost painfully boring and even ugly to look at. Edit: Actually I thought about it more and I understand what the art signifies and why I don't like it, because it shows a person that has zero imagination or interests. In a way it is impressive to make something so dull, so I commend the artist for that.
I enjoy this work, but looking at the works the Tate displays, it really pushes very talented people out the door, standing at the window staring in trying to figure out how not to paint and how to do as little as possible and hopefully get even noticed. Thank heavens for you tube, we can now self promote and we no longer need this kind of hypocrisy to give us credence. It is hilarious watching them try to describe her work, the last interview I saw with the artist was she had no ideas, from her own mouth….”i have no ideas” Of course it has merit. But to be exalted as it has been….emmmm, I do not agree. Looking at the comments, I see how powerful influencers are……programming at its worst. Someone cried at the “friendship painting…..how” the gold is gorgeous…..but not enough to iconize an artist…..but you guys who probably can’t paint, draw or sculpt have the perfect imaginations to herald a straight line and give it some new level of hierarchy no one else could conceive
This experts I'm sure 100% any child painting or mine they will give a good review , but....I need to be famous....if I'm not famous and i do a fantastic job as many street art as no value to them. I don't understand , I think I'm not "artist" enough to understand this cane of "art"
I honestly can't understand how some art teachers call this art, but don't call hand drawn anime art... what? Like the anime drawings can be how someone sees their life, draws what they see when they think of their Future in human form, but call a plaque with golden blocks on it, art... and can make these huge stories out of the pieces... what?
Great paintings But Its hard to call her a great artist as its not far from white minimalism or the concept of minimal art. I could go on. botticelli primavera comes to mind. It doesn't need to be justified art is beyond objects really. it is not to be comprehended. Das Sein
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We're pleased that you enjoyed the film. Our intention has always to make serious, enquiring films about modern and contemporary art for an engaged audience.
@@TheArtChannel1 Well so far you're intentions have been met, you're doing a great job guys. :) Keep on going.
Ms Martin's art is cool, calm , serene and impeccably produced. It has a refined, simple beauty rarely seen elsewhere.
A.Martin recalling the great masters of modern art...still one see the individual authentic expression of visual experience...thank you...
GENIUS..I CRIED WHEN I SAW "FRIENDSHIP" .. the PERFECT embodiment of concept!
As Agnes‘s work is not cerebral it’s esoteric. It’s difficult to look at the painting and describe it because the energy is in the paint it’s self. her paintings are beyond this world. Her brushstrokes, her technique, her genius is seen in the brush strokes but felt through energy. She has to be my favorite artist. Like a pure artist who meditates and then paints, meditates, waits for an impulse, and then paints - truly an inspiration. Her work is the only art thatHas touched me in this way. It’s almost as though you need to be a psychic in order to understand it because it’s so Much more than art. I am a huge fan and I’m so grateful an artist of this caliber is recognized in the art world even if the energy signature is completely missed some of the time.
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Well said.
There is definitely something beyond this world in it.
Earlier this year I had the privilege of standing in front of "Friendship", at the MoMA. I was there with my partners and a friend, exploring the maze-like structure of the third floor of the museum. Right when we were turning a corner, I was pointed to the room where the painting was and I couldn't help but to loudly gasp and cover my face with my hands, feeling almost not worthy of that experience just yet. Agnes Martin is one of my all-time favorite painters and being able to finally see one of her works in real life was absolutely mindblowing, and the fact that it was such a simple, noble piece dedicated to the most beautiful thing in the world, really meant everything to me.
The four of us stood in front of it, we hugged, we kissed, we cried (or at least I did) and we allowed the golden glow to radiate into us, filling us up with the beauty of our own friendship.
People often say Rothko's works get an immediate response out of people, and I really like his paintings as well, but in my opinion Martin achieves this much better. Standing in front of one of her pieces fills you up with such simple feelings that are hard, if not impossible to portray through conventional means. You feel innocence, you feel friendship, you feel beauty, you feel the purest forms of every single human emotion. There really is nothing quite like her body of work.
I have been searching for something and this is it. It is the challenge of a rigorous form through the hands and the life of a devout artist. Deeply soothing.
This actually looks like the composition of a blood stream. Amazing what the mind can see beyond vision as we know it.
I, myself, feel a continuous need to draw and paint things that my eye has never seen.
I keep my art to myself or dispose of it after completion because I can't explain them without sounding crazy.
Art is an expressive/creative outlet for disposing thoughts.
I love your channel.
Thank you.
I appreciated the part that you said we should be cautious about over-reading.
Wonderful talk on work which can only be understood by seeing in person.
Thanks for your positive contribution.
I saw Martin's retrospective at the Guggenheim and it was mind-blowing. I am sad that so many commenters can't appreciate her challenging art.
Ignorance is bliss, it seems (directed at the Aggie haters, not you).
De gustibus non disputandem.
Extreme refinement of an art pushed to the extreme.
What a remarkable work !
This show was amazing, have wanted to see Agnes' work for years. Was so elated afterwards. Thank you! - Art Fox Online Gallery.
+Art Fox Thanks for your post. Please come back for more films about Modern and Contemporary art.
I really enjoy of your videos ,I learn a lot
This pair of commentators work so well together. Each successfully present their interpretation beautifully. A truly exceptional collaboration which respectfully highlights the art and the artist!!!!!! Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!!
glorious and articulately put - I really enjoyed the film, watching it the day after I visited the Agnes Martin exhibition. Remembering the dissertation all those years ago when there was only a single piece on any gallery wall in the UK - Morning at the Tate Liverpool....
Jane Dalton Thank you, Jane, for the support and appreciation. I remember your avid interest. The exhibition is a unique opportunity to see so much of her work in one gallery. All the best.
the way they talk is the opposite of her work ! They are so full of ideas
MY GOD... SHE WAS A GENIUS..! ABSOLUTE GOD LIKE..! HER TALENT WAS OUT WORLDLY..
i BOW BEFORE HER ART.. I CANNOT FIND THE ULTIMATE WORDS TO DO HER ARTWORK JUSTICE... SOMEBODY JUMP IN HERE AND TAKE OVER...!
this is wonderful how both of you agree on everything
Superb and profound....in depthness of the mind, like a mantra that eliberates the thought...
I saw this exhibition. Didn't know anything about Ms Martin.
I love simplicity, repetition and geometry so this was a joy for me.
You have to remind yourself that some artists just paint and produce work.
They don't talk about what it represents or means.
They don't make intellectual statements explaining their work.
Some people dislike the work and some love it for what it is.
Some are willing to pay lots of money to own it.
'Experts' step in and start interpreting the work.
For some this enhances the experience.
For others it irritates and enrages.
This is not the fault of the artist.
Very well put
This is quite wonderful!
It is a medium of meditation through the expression of paintings.
I'm delighted to be looking at Agnes' work with the sound turned off. I saw her work at the Pace in Palo Alto, in one room with Navajo Rugs in the other.
love the aesthetics of the video, her hair matches perfectly with the painting. 11:06
Thank you for a great video. Agnes Martin is a great influence on the Superblur Art Movement.
i understand why these people talk art, they make it more understandable without sounding to intelectual.
🌹🙏🌹 great exhibition. Thanks for uploading it, cheers from São Paulo, Brazil.
I love the video and am glad to be getting a deeper perspective on her work, but I'm taken aback by these negative comments. So vehement are they in their dismissal of her work as 'art'. I think one needs to open their mind when looking at modern works because the beauty and promise won't be shouted at you like in Jaques-Louis David paintings, but instead they are subtle and live in the contemplation the work asks for. I recommend all of you here in the comment section to relax, forget about what art should be, and just let your mind wonder about why someone would take the time to make this object, what this person is trying to say.
I let my mind wander, and it came back to the same place of "no idea why". A 5 year old could make this and call it art.
cba to watch this but i do wish i could go back to the st ives exhibition to see her work again in the cornish light
Helpful exposure to her work following a recent New Yorker article on the community she lived in in Lower Manhattan
I do not mean to offend anybody when I ask, what is the difference between this art and something that someone who isn't intentionally an artist makes? I can see how they can look at the artwork and create a meaning for it (sort of how you can read a poem and uncover the metaphors), but I feel like they're just making it important when maybe it wasn't meant to be important. I just can't wrap my mind around this (again, i dont want to offend anybody I'm just confused). The difference between art and craft. I can see how an intriquite piece of art can have clear message on it, but these just seem like paintings that you buy at Target to add color to your room. I don't understand.
First off, you're not offending anyone, like you said - you dont understand. Allow me to explain, Agnes Martin to Target is like Jimi Hendrix to Lil Wayne, not every rockstar is legit but we can't go blaming or lumping Jimi Hendrix in with Lil Wayne now can we? It's the same for Agnes Martin and Target. In regards to the message or metaphor within her work, they speak about this explicitly in this video - "Agnes Martin was very interested in Zen buddhism, Taoism, etc". I personally (and most people who are familiar with similar philosophies) find her work to be actually overwhelmingly obvious in relation to the messages and symbolism in her work. Abstract/non-representational painting is often considered one of the most profound forms of painting in regards to having a "message", because the most profound things in life cannot really be explained in concise and clear words or symbols. And generally speaking, the most amazing works of art have never really had a "clear" message, art usually is created with ambiguity and openess so that the viewer can create their own meaning instead of being told exactly what to think. If you really look at Martin's work, you can see that shes speaking about a union of many parts as one whole. That although there are many lines and grids and separate blocks, there is an overbearing 'oneness' to the image. But you're probably not really into that type of thing if your artistic frame of reference is Target.
P.S. viewing a painting by Agnes Martin on a computer screen is like listening to Jimi Hendrix on your iPhone speakers, it just aint the real thing.
Sun Cat Wow that's actually really amazing. I'm into art, but mostly illustration. This type of art gets a lot of slack from people, but that explanation just made the artwork 100x better in my eyes. Now that I understand I can really enjoy it.
LusiFr :)
first of all, agnes martin is nowhere near the caliber of jimi hendrix in terms of master artist and master guitarist. agnes martin is NO master. period.
and yes, i am into art, that is, good art, not just any art.
the comparison to Target is actually pretty spot on and unbiased, without any shred of hate towards the artist. because comparing jimi hendrix to lil wayne is like comparing hieronymus bosch to agnes martin.
Maggy, your profile pic doesn't scream "I know art"...
She aspired to love above the line. Beauty in her mind, brought beauty to her work.
beautiful video
Looking at the comments section: why do people love to hate?
they hate themselfs and project this hatered onto anything that comes their way
I am on my way to Harwood Museum today to see IN PERSON...8 of her original paintings.
I cannot stop crying. So excited to actually be in a space where she sat...and where her art is on permanent display.
"Happiness is the goal" (Agnes Martin)
I am elated...I already know I will overtaken by emotion when I get in front of her art...
So grateful for this chance...😍
Basia Sokolowska nah, shit response.
As long as there are humans there will also be haters. For some folks beeing negative is their way of expressing themselves for whatever reason. Hasn't to be a lack of something or an imbalance necessarily. In the end it's just one part of the spectrum of personalities. Don't worry to much about it.
Jesse Krauß - People are entitled not to like like something without being dismissed as haters. Having cultural sensitivity and artistic taste, and having an objective view of what is beautiful and what can be considered talent does not make someone a hater. These artists have put their work into the world and it is right that it should be open to scrutiny. It’s great that you enjoy these works but opposing views are still legitimate.
Is it really true that this sort of art resonates with some people and why? I am an artist of realism myself (or at least I like to think so), and I am having a really hard time understanding this sort of extreme abstraction. I mean art is supposed to connect to the human brain and hopefully evoke some sort of emotion right? When looking at art like this without having somebody tell me anything about the painting I would never connect emotionally with it. Am I alone on this one?
Go and see some Agnes Martin in a gallery, they draw you in, I like large bold abstract and pop art, but there is a place in my soul for Agnes Martins work. There is so much more to these works than you can see on a small screen, open you mind and have a look
You are right unless you you want to buy a curtain 5:09
Well, it resonates with me. There is emotion painted, not some object to cause emotion. And this emotion itself is not ordinary, meditative.
Totally agree with you on this. I generally pass by stuff like this as it's seemingly a waste of time. I get the time into these but come on already. Lol
If your art is as beautiful as you then WOW - (forgive my impertinence Sir)!!!!!!!!
would you please specify in which interview she talks about how her works should be seen?
I agree the language is rather pretensious and contrived but I do not doubt the integrity and honesty of Agnes Martin
Interesting talk and paintings - but I think they are beyond inside-outside - they are maybe an artists way of showing the very creative process of being present with the lived moment.
"mmmmmmm."
- Art Channel Presenter Lady, 2015
Great exhibition that is currently at LACMAin Los Angeles and moves to Guggenheim New York then. Those who want to see more of Agnes Martin might also want to check out a new prize-winning documentary about her ("Between the Lines", trailer available here: th-cam.com/video/cLF6tWblmGc/w-d-xo.html).
i just want to point that, how it seems from a first person point of view, a painting can very much appear spontaneously, i am an artist (i'm nobody, just about to try being an artist professionally) it's not 'pr' it is how it really is.
her painting at 18:44 is the best one. those stripes are so awesome she was really trying to tune in to the nonhuman MECO cosmic consciousness
This video identifies the underpainting for Friendship as being white gesso, but another I've seen says it's tinted with a red oxide pigment, with the result being a soft rusty red resembling the 'bole' traditionally used to prime surfaces for gold leaf. Does anyone know for sure?
You do not say "This painting is called 'Untitled'".... as though that's the title. Rather, you say "The painting is untitled."
there is always one single minded person to art. laughable.
Has nothing to do with art. It has to do with grammar.
Aaron that's like saying the paint or material has nothing to do with art. every element in art is subjective and correcting it makes you look petty and vindictive.
Petty and vindictive? Read my comments again and then compare them to yours.
oh, so you resort to the i know you are but what am i defense? what are you a child? yes, i called you vindictive and petty. get over it.
She is amazing
I think it looks like a wall paper or probably some wall paper could even be more beautiful, without offence, I guess what is amazing is not her visual but the person’s patience, the skill and the adapted control she mastered into doing every lines, I could guess it took her a lot of lengthy time or days or years of practice ...the almost perfect repetition of measured lines trying to mimic straight lines that can be made perfect by a machine are a very tedious job. If this is made by a machine it is not interesting but if it is made by a human being it may not look bad for me and also it doesn’t look attractive but it is the character of the one who made it that will make you wonder or get curious at the works.
can we get some honesty sometime in our lifetimes regarding contemporary art?
Is the thumbnail a painting itself? The texture and dimensions seem created...
My daughter just did an Agnes martin painting yesterday. She drew lines in my wall! She's 5 years old!
I believe that both Agness Martin and Anne Truitt have left a profound influence on many prominent artists working in the process/minimal field. I think of Brice Marden and Carl Andre as two examples. Don Judd on reviewing an exhibition of Anne Truitt said that if the woman had balls she'd be king.
I think the lighting is a bit too intense. Even just with the video, AKA my not being present in the rooms, the intensity of the lighting is discordant to the paintings and painful to my eye. It isn't in the least welcoming or hospitable. I think the Tate Modern did a disservice to the artist and her work in displaying it under such glaring, aggressive lighting.
Yes yes yes
Cool stuff :)
Agnès Martin c'est l'art de créer avec une sensibilité extrême.
"You've got the square edge of the canvas..." God.
i love Agnes Martin ! She's the perfect persona of an aggressive pacifist !
Who else watches these types of vids and imagines some future Brits ( seems like the accent helps) discussing or explaining their own art? Ha! Fat chance. 😁
Thanks, but l found the incerted ads disgraceful.
TH-cam selects the ads. The Channel has to generate some income from ads to pay for new films as we use a professional crew and editor.
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The biomorphic are very rare due to her voracious editing.
21 minutes to describe these paintings. I can describe them in one word.
NELSON X what word is that? 🤔😂
pretentious
NELSON X lol 😂 👍
Pisces
Those two shills talking up those shitty paintings need a good slap. "The painting is this, the painting is that". How about I tell you what the paintings are not. They are not interesting, they are not charming, they display no craft, no composition, no depth, no spirit, no imagination. They are not decorative, not colorful, they are boring, there is nothing to see beyond what a glance at them will give you, there is no theory, no direction for your eye or mind to follow, you gain nothing from them, learn nothing, they contain no surprise, stagnant, void, no beauty, no elegance, nothing to grow on you, the thing you wouldn't save if the building caught on fire, shallow.
These 2 are doing a sales job. They are putting invisible clothes on a dick-less emperor. They are trying very hard to justify these paintings being on the walls where they work.
I might look into this artist. I have been surprised at times to find that an artist I don't like has work or a period of work I do like. I'll tell ya, I don't see any merit to these paintings.
NELSON X well said. I get no energy or inspiration from those paintings. I appreciate the art but they got to cut the bullshit rhetoric lol art can be therapeutic or inspirational. Just about ones preference really
Now that is minimalism!. Although I prefer the minimalism of Kenneth Noland and Barnet Newman, Agnes Martin's works are quietly beautiful, serene and lend themselves to a sort of peaceful contemplation. I love her grey and white compositions. (My art history professor would thump me one if he knew I said that)! In fact I'm going to use that line in my next paper - just to drive him bonkers. Cheers.
Thanks for your response to the film and the art of Agnes Martin. Noland and Newman are both admirable but their paintings have different qualities. In Martin the ordering of the painting's surface by hand give the pictures quite a unique character.
I often wonder who is the audience paintings like this are for?
What kind of people are these curators talking to?
This is just plain fun listening to these clever jokers making fun of these pieces of whatever. They are so convincing in their worship of these articles of nothing. It is absolute genius in the way they critique these objects of quantum zero. The real beauty of this is the way they bob and weave their way through the imaginary forest of literary tunnels and forbidden caves of forced admiration. These two have raised the bar of analytic jest. They are the real artists here. Absolutely brilliant. Some watch this and take them serious. They are undercover spies in an abstract world. They are having a fine time here. They have learned their craft well. Jest on dear ones.
Their interpretations of these artworks always go too far. It's always like that. Artists are more instinctive and spontaneous. No doubt they don't think that their brush strokes represent such and such. They do their job and after the curators extrapolate which is good, because it makes the artworks more attractive. 🖼
I like the gold
Oh my god I JUST CAN'T!!!! Im sitting here laughing my head off as they're commenting on the virtually WHITE canvases!!
People seem to take
pride in having a sort of ignorance when it comes to art like this. A way to rebel against the bourgeoisie so to speak. For those really wanting to understand you need to build your visual vernacular. A great book to read is Art as Therapy by Alain de Botton.
You sound like every other pretentious pseudo Intellectual
Why do the presenters keep refering to these chancers as painters?
Some of us see things where there is nothing and others see nothing where there is something. I appreciate her work but I much prefer surrealism or expressionism.
Nice videos but please stop saying "hmm hmm hmm", it's very distracting
Joan Miro?
It is extraordinary what so little talent and so much money can produce
Certainly over reading is not desirable, but does no one see the "cactus" sculpture as a relationship to sexual form such as Georgia One eye flowers as well as the aggressive phallic like thrones/modified leaves or petals? Her own sexual bent is surely being addressed here?
For some its just like the emperor's new clothes
Do you like any other artist? Lets say you like Picasso. My neighbour thinks Picasso is mental and his art is rubbish. I would love to hear how you would respond to that.
The same neighbour thinks all realistic paintings are junk because they cannot even come close hi-res photographs in showing "reality" in all its glory. Unlike most of science or Mathematics, where there is a consensus based on conjectures, theories, axioms, proofs and experimental verification, literature, arts, music and performing arts depend on the person/society; basically who's receiving them. I guess you've answered it well "People invent arts and put values onto them; it's very subjective."
+Tee D
i love mostly the old masters. regarding picasso, i like his cubist style and his blue period. at least imo, he really did have something new to say artistically, even if you disregard his public persona. most of the fashionable artists today rely too much on public persona imo, without the goods to back it up
>> Maggy Frog
+harikrishna Katragadda
you're the one who isn't reading. you're in denial and you are utterly defensive.
Agnes Martin
There are four lights!
Agnes Martin has a large following, however for me the paintings are not that exciting.
that's the point. it's not loud.
+Rrdd
so what if it's not loud? what makes it good is the real question. what do you like about her work? seriously, i'm not hating, i'm really wondering what her fans like about her art.
yea, good question, maggy. i'm not a fan of her art per say. i do like quiet art, though. it's relaxing to me. i tend to shy away from sharp, or intense creations. i always feel like that type of work, in all mediums, is somewhat compensating for something, or just trying too hard.
nothing is really objective here, though.
+Rrdd
i love different genres of art. i'm also a huge fan of a lot of artists whose work could be described as "quiet", like edward hopper for instance.
but really, i don't know what's so appealing with some of contemporary artists such as agnes martin. i honestly don't get it at all. i feel like comparing art history to music history. most of the music legends are from the past and most of what we have today are just plain awful. this is what i think is also the case with what's happened with art. it used to be that you had to be as talented as dali or caravaggio or vermeer before you get to establish yourself as a serious artist deserving of criticism or accolade. now, all you need apparently is to draw a grid or to preserve a shark in a tank.
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like in music today, there's extreme popularity with autotune, edm / dubstep, "live" lip-syncing and a bombastic public persona, art today no longer requires serious talent so long as the artist gets to externalize his / her ego by any means necessary. auctions don't help at all since places like sotheby's further worsen the bubble by encouraging moronic billionaire collectors and cementing unworthy names in history. damien hirst. i can't believe that guy is as popular as he is.
It's subtly intricate through all those little details like the pencil marks, etc. It sucks you in through it's soothing colors and geometry, but then you start thinking about those pencil marks and suddenly you start imagining the artist's process, imitating it yourself mentally. It's a great painting for meditation.
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You're welcome!
that's amizing wondeful with talking about 20mins with paintings but sometimes it is too much talk about art . i really wonder what agnes martins things lol art is so tricky
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如果是徒手画这么直，那确实还是有一定’“功力”的！
1 million seconds is how many days?? well that's what you have on your wall of my art made from my face.
The Emperor has no clothes.
Interesting. Not "powerful."
+Vino To The Contrary,...
So much BS about nothing!
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This seems like a very competitive situation for this woman lol. Not everything has to be about dominating men, sheesh.
judging art is easy if you're not an artist in any way
To do properly with research, thought and respect is more difficult but ultimately all art is a form of communication and needs an audience.
I love and admire many forms of art but this is borderline in my opinion ... i wouldn't call it creative and it's barely skillful .
Not saying she isn't a great interesting artist, but I think her work is almost painfully boring and even ugly to look at. Edit: Actually I thought about it more and I understand what the art signifies and why I don't like it, because it shows a person that has zero imagination or interests. In a way it is impressive to make something so dull, so I commend the artist for that.
I really don’t see the appeal in these paintings. I mean.... a ruler, pencil and masking tape?... come on now.
Artspeak, big words and nodding heads, waffle
Art or decoration ?
Mmmmhmmmm
I enjoy this work, but looking at the works the Tate displays, it really pushes very talented people out the door, standing at the window staring in trying to figure out how not to paint and how to do as little as possible and hopefully get even noticed. Thank heavens for you tube, we can now self promote and we no longer need this kind of hypocrisy to give us credence. It is hilarious watching them try to describe her work, the last interview I saw with the artist was she had no ideas, from her own mouth….”i have no ideas”
Of course it has merit. But to be exalted as it has been….emmmm, I do not agree. Looking at the comments, I see how powerful influencers are……programming at its worst. Someone cried at the “friendship painting…..how” the gold is gorgeous…..but not enough to iconize an artist…..but you guys who probably can’t paint, draw or sculpt have the perfect imaginations to herald a straight line and give it some new level of hierarchy no one else could conceive
This experts I'm sure 100% any child painting or mine they will give a good review , but....I need to be famous....if I'm not famous and i do a fantastic job as many street art as no value to them. I don't understand , I think I'm not "artist" enough to understand this cane of "art"
Considering the taste of Tate's acquisition committee, I will avoid visiting.
I honestly can't understand how some art teachers call this art, but don't call hand drawn anime art... what? Like the anime drawings can be how someone sees their life, draws what they see when they think of their Future in human form, but call a plaque with golden blocks on it, art... and can make these huge stories out of the pieces... what?
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Great paintings But Its hard to call her a great artist as its not far from white minimalism or the concept of minimal art. I could go on. botticelli primavera comes to mind. It doesn't need to be justified art is beyond objects really. it is not to be comprehended. Das Sein
if only Leonardo Da Vinci could comment :pp
Exactly
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