Let's continue the spirit of Dada. There are still great lessons to be experienced through nonsense and structure in this art form. However I believe that we should do so in larger shirts.
And by this I mean that Dada needs a youthful revitalization. I am not saying that you cannot be old and associated with Dada, or that being old is bad. Ernst does appear peppy and energetic. I'm saying that Dada does not only live in the past or with old masters. So let's apply Dada ideals to the work we do now but in tuxedos. This way we are always already professional.
Hi Lionel: It’s been 3 years since you posted your comment on the old man’s action about our Dada-Economy (The worldwide derivatives market is now over 900 Trillion - check it out). Surprisingly, I have just had more than 408,000 hits on that Video. For your info: A few years ago, I wrote the “Story of Dada”. It’s on Amazon and you might like it. Price just reduced: www.amazon.com/Story-Dada-Activate-Your-Dada-Gene/dp/0976475685
polyester is an odd choice of attire. but he can kick and he can stretch and he can kick. i can appreciate this. its beautiful in the way that he is so free in that moment. present. and likely he smells bad at the end. cuz polyester isn't breathable fabric. and its really distracting to see it on him moving around as fast as he is. but i can dig it.
I love this.. If everyone were so free - the world would be a better place. I have spent my life doing things I don't want to do just to make ends meet.. when really, all I want to do is paint and draw and create..... Leave your inheratence to me so that I too can spend my golden years.. being golden. I love it.. you go man.. you go...
cute, he seems to really enjoy his art. i teaches art history and till this day every student of mine are still bananaaa with the fact that this is one of an art movement, add in the fluxes group, the happenings, abstract expressionism and etc etc etc.. you just gotta clear ur mind when u r learning this kind of art, otherwise u will always stuck in comparison with all the formal way of art making.
It is very difficult to stop yourself searching for recognisable images, but the point of action painting techniques is to avoid the continuous need of intelligence to suppress of an inner primal view of what we see. You can't sense this primal view through your controlled way of looking because our intelligence evolved to overpower it. To get any hint of it you have to just let go and act by intuition.
Wonderful stuff Rudy.......giving all of us a lesson in how to loosen up in more ways than one!!! To see something like this done oudoors in a town square would be quite a crowd puller.
this is really great! Kudos to Ernst for having the spirit to create. PS: criticisers - - there is no such thing as good vs. bad art. If you appreciate a piece, then it is beautiful art to you. There is alot of crap out there that people are willing to pay millions for. I don't think it is anything less than crap, but galleries call them art. On the other hand, I like this guys work - therefore, it's art.
While most people here criticize the art, they aren't seeing the freedom he has in his work and his ability to create so energetically....at 70 when this was filmed, freedom is what I see. Especially with a shirt that says F%$@ you all, I'm me.
Didn't really see an action, in the sense of quick hand movement in this piece. I feel with action painting you can truly sense the artists felxing and propulsion of paint, can't really get that in the linear composition outline here. I can dig the dada-ish liquor drankin and bike exit though, that was pretty on. I just don't know if the tenets of dadaism and action painting can be reconciled and hybridized into a single piece
Now this is some fine abstraction. Just beautiful. But....the ultimate abstraction is.....FIRE! So let us take this masterpiece outside and apply just a small touch of fire and stand back. That is what I would call the spur of the moment.
Part of you: I suggest you drink champagne, it will relax you too. A few years ago, I wrote the “Story of Dada”. It’s on Amazon and you might like it. It’s all about being weird: Not on purpose, but by nature. Price just reduced: www.amazon.com/Story-Dada-Activate-Your-Dada-Gene/dp/0976475685
Dada art questions art itself. So this man is doing it right. One of the best pieces is "Fountain", and that is a urinal tipped on its side! Dada art is amazing.
So basically it is no fraud. Also on second thought it should not be called art in the second sentence I wrote I should have typed anti-art or the word concept again. My bad!
yep, I agree. Action painting began and ended with Jackson Pollock. All other efforts since have been only aftershocks of aesthetic learning and or lust for the action experience.
DÁ-SE, A PRIMEIRA IMPRESSÃO QUE NÃO EXISTE SENTIDO NOS TRAÇOS. LOGO EM SEGUIDA DESCUBRO QUE ESTOU REDONDAMENTE ENGANADO. GRANDE HABILIDADE E POESIA EM SEUS TRAÇOS. PERFEITO!
So he wears shirt that's too small, paint with "freedom", drinks, rides a bicycle, do a flip, ... hmmm...theatrical? What artists need to do these days!!
Thank You for sharing. Some of the comments are obviously not from artists. Art comes in all forms. This is his art. Well i guess its opinions. Like assholes, we all have one.
At the beginning it seems like an automatic drawing, I mean painting. Except the time when he draw that eye. I also do this kind of art, so I can feel the beauty.
...after the performance, put away the gear leave the room, someone rolls up the canvas and puts it in a storage room, next week a guy paints a room, takes out the canvas drop cloth and what happened to the painting in the closet?
Rudy is very fit and moves rapidly across that white. He is having fun. The end result - for me at least - was a festive space with figures in carnival attire. But as this was Dada, the performance should have been the thing. There needed to be some joyful people dancing about while Rudy painted, in my view. Happenings and Dada performances were always a crowd thing. Not just suits with cameras. Rudy was wasted on them. The shrunken clothing was funny - and the majority of commenters could not get past it; but Rudy is a great deal fitter and slimmer than most people in America, young and old.
i totally agree. thats the whole point of the 'action painting'! not the final piece at the end which you see on the wall, but what entails within the video :} i think its great tbh x
sometime i don't get it with ppl who are have lots of Negative vibe and laugh at him because of his Art.. Dadaism is the movement in art and really focus on the idea development and the progress. As an Artist, i cannot blame them (the negative ppl) who don't understand this. because Art is Universal.. in the end, Everybody have the right to say anything they want. But still have an option to live in stupidity or to gain knowledge. That All.
Art is for everyone. If the viewer doesn't understand it , obviously the artist is not getting his point across. If it was meant to be understood only by the artists then he shouldn't have painted it in a gallery, he should have painted it in his house.
Hi Naeem: Thanks for your comment. My answer has been long in coming. But, surprisingly, we have just had more than 408,000 hits on that Video. A few years ago, I wrote the “Story of Dada”. It’s on Amazon and you might like it. Price just reduced: www.amazon.com/Story-Dada-Activate-Your-Dada-Gene/dp/0976475685
The problem with the original avant garde movement, is that original spirit of the movement and it's dynamism and inspiration, born from impressionism and forged by the tragedies and devastation of World War 1, has vanished during the late '20s.
Let's continue the spirit of Dada. There are still great lessons to be experienced through nonsense and structure in this art form. However I believe that we should do so in larger shirts.
And by this I mean that Dada needs a youthful revitalization. I am not saying that you cannot be old and associated with Dada, or that being old is bad. Ernst does appear peppy and energetic. I'm saying that Dada does not only live in the past or with old masters. So let's apply Dada ideals to the work we do now but in tuxedos. This way we are always already professional.
Hi Lionel: It’s been 3 years since you posted your comment on the old man’s action about our Dada-Economy (The worldwide derivatives market is now over 900 Trillion - check it out). Surprisingly, I have just had more than 408,000 hits on that Video. For your info: A few years ago, I wrote the “Story of Dada”. It’s on Amazon and you might like it. Price just reduced: www.amazon.com/Story-Dada-Activate-Your-Dada-Gene/dp/0976475685
Dada had a certain absurdity to it that's pretty prevalent in youth humor/culture. We don't call it Dada, but they're both pretty similar.
his turtleneck in the real masterpiece
djinjis . .
Yea, and it's my little brother's - but the champagne is mine
polyester is an odd choice of attire. but he can kick and he can stretch and he can kick. i can appreciate this. its beautiful in the way that he is so free in that moment. present. and likely he smells bad at the end. cuz polyester isn't breathable fabric. and its really distracting to see it on him moving around as fast as he is. but i can dig it.
BTW, am I really the only one who can actually see structure in this chaos? Is everyone else THAT unimaginative?
I loved it
I love this.. If everyone were so free - the world would be a better place. I have spent my life doing things I don't want to do just to make ends meet.. when really, all I want to do is paint and draw and create..... Leave your inheratence to me so that I too can spend my golden years.. being golden. I love it.. you go man.. you go...
"The idea is more important that the work itself" This is one of the things that I've learned about Dadaism. :)
cute, he seems to really enjoy his art. i teaches art history and till this day every student of mine are still bananaaa with the fact that this is one of an art movement, add in the fluxes group, the happenings, abstract expressionism and etc etc etc.. you just gotta clear ur mind when u r learning this kind of art, otherwise u will always stuck in comparison with all the formal way of art making.
Hi? Can you teach me how to do a dada painting?
Beautiful work, very beautiful, beautiful painting !!! Congratulations...
Great! Such fun and also inspiring! Has given me inspiration for my Wild Women of Arkaroola workshop! Keep going Rudy!
That's a lot of money in canvass and paint...that could set me back for like 2 years right there.
... and that is exactly the right mindset that will take your painting a step further...
It is very difficult to stop yourself searching for recognisable images, but the point of action painting techniques is to avoid the continuous need of intelligence to suppress of an inner primal view of what we see. You can't sense this primal view through your controlled way of looking because our intelligence evolved to overpower it. To get any hint of it you have to just let go and act by intuition.
Wonderful stuff Rudy.......giving all of us a lesson in how to loosen up in more ways than one!!!
To see something like this done oudoors in a town square would be quite a crowd puller.
Thanks for sharing this -- the artist's style is pure and fun to watch!
Wow!!! Rudy, I love your attitude, your painting, your energy!! All good!!
Whats up with the shirt?
the shirt is up!
this is really great! Kudos to Ernst for having the spirit to create. PS: criticisers - - there is no such thing as good vs. bad art. If you appreciate a piece, then it is beautiful art to you. There is alot of crap out there that people are willing to pay millions for. I don't think it is anything less than crap, but galleries call them art. On the other hand, I like this guys work - therefore, it's art.
does anyone knows what is he using as brush in the action ? or oil pencil ? thank you
Acrylics and sponge I think
I really like this painting Mr.Ernst.
While most people here criticize the art, they aren't seeing the freedom he has in his work and his ability to create so energetically....at 70 when this was filmed, freedom is what I see. Especially with a shirt that says F%$@ you all, I'm me.
Didn't really see an action, in the sense of quick hand movement in this piece. I feel with action painting you can truly sense the artists felxing and propulsion of paint, can't really get that in the linear composition outline here. I can dig the dada-ish liquor drankin and bike exit though, that was pretty on. I just don't know if the tenets of dadaism and action painting can be reconciled and hybridized into a single piece
Pretty cool. Wish I had a studio that size. I wonder if his outfit is also Dada???
what paper did he use ? please (very important)
Now this is some fine abstraction. Just beautiful. But....the ultimate abstraction is.....FIRE! So let us take this masterpiece outside and apply just a small touch of fire and stand back. That is what I would call the spur of the moment.
Hello, van you give the musical tracks please ???? ThX
really interesting work.
That shirt is a masterpiece.
Art is not just what you create with your hands, but what you can inspire with your heart and mind
The more I see this video the more I appreciate Rudy Ernst´s art.
Beautiful!
Was that shirt in the dryer too long?
To make an art you dont have to be weird on purpose.
Stop watching TV - artists.
Part of you: I suggest you drink champagne, it will relax you too. A few years ago, I wrote the “Story of Dada”. It’s on Amazon and you might like it. It’s all about being weird: Not on purpose, but by nature. Price just reduced: www.amazon.com/Story-Dada-Activate-Your-Dada-Gene/dp/0976475685
i think he is very much himself. i like it.
(Lalalalala) you can be anything you want to
So, where's this painting now?
Dada art questions art itself. So this man is doing it right. One of the best pieces is "Fountain", and that is a urinal tipped on its side! Dada art is amazing.
So basically it is no fraud. Also on second thought it should not be called art in the second sentence I wrote I should have typed anti-art or the word concept again. My bad!
yep, I agree. Action painting began and ended with Jackson Pollock. All other efforts since have been only aftershocks of aesthetic learning and or lust for the action experience.
DÁ-SE, A PRIMEIRA IMPRESSÃO QUE NÃO EXISTE SENTIDO NOS TRAÇOS.
LOGO EM SEGUIDA DESCUBRO QUE ESTOU REDONDAMENTE ENGANADO.
GRANDE HABILIDADE E POESIA EM SEUS TRAÇOS.
PERFEITO!
I know he's serious...but let's not pretend he's a Picasso or Matisse...but I give him great credit for pursing his urges...thanks
I lost it when he rode the bike out XD
Now that is what I call a big, big, gigantic coloring book. I like the art.
The mound with his head was quite good, deserves a thumbs up!
So he wears shirt that's too small, paint with "freedom", drinks, rides a bicycle, do a flip, ... hmmm...theatrical? What artists need to do these days!!
damn hes rocking that outfit tho
Lmao
Ze flab, zis is DADA, no?
+George Grote
No DADA. Ewe
Sold, but can I get one in purple?
Thank You for sharing. Some of the comments are obviously not from artists. Art comes in all forms. This is his art. Well i guess its opinions. Like assholes, we all have one.
Awesome work
someone told him that red polo neck skivy was cool in 1969
and hes been wearing it ever since!
i think it was when he was a child at 1929 and its the same one
0:56 I'm drunk and now I'm going to grope the canvas/medium lol this guy
wow really so great sir
excellent work...!
great work!
At the beginning it seems like an automatic drawing, I mean painting. Except the time when he draw that eye. I also do this kind of art, so I can feel the beauty.
gran expresion de madures artistica por fin lo consiguio
Super awesome!
Great work of art! I Really like it!
... On second thought that last minute confirmed my suspicion, but I'm happy he is having a good time in his old age which most the elderly don't do.
this isn't Dada i think. there is plenty of visual harmony in his painting ( the unity of curves, the distribution of colors).
WOW!! Fantastic! Genious! The PRO-SECCO ART!
...after the performance, put away the gear leave the room, someone rolls up the canvas and puts it in a storage room, next week a guy paints a room, takes out the canvas drop cloth and what happened to the painting in the closet?
Never mind his shirt. He's an artist. If only I could do a fraction of what he can do in the world of art and philosophy.
beautiful preformance !!!
Rudy is very fit and moves rapidly across that white. He is having fun. The end result - for me at least - was a festive space with figures in carnival attire.
But as this was Dada, the performance should have been the thing. There needed to be some joyful people dancing about while Rudy painted, in my view. Happenings and Dada performances were always a crowd thing. Not just suits with cameras. Rudy was wasted on them.
The shrunken clothing was funny - and the majority of commenters could not get past it; but Rudy is a great deal fitter and slimmer than most people in America, young and old.
Quanto si è divertito .....e quanto mi ha divertito ...questo è il senso di un action painting!
I am critical of artist who don't wear socks. Nice process in design.
This guy is full of life.
Love him.
i totally agree. thats the whole point of the 'action painting'! not the final piece at the end which you see on the wall, but what entails within the video :} i think its great tbh x
05:26 that guitar piece is much better than the painting.
sometime i don't get it with ppl who are have lots of Negative vibe and laugh at him because of his Art.. Dadaism is the movement in art and really focus on the idea development and the progress. As an Artist, i cannot blame them (the negative ppl) who don't understand this. because Art is Universal.. in the end, Everybody have the right to say anything they want. But still have an option to live in stupidity or to gain knowledge. That All.
💎Perfect !!!💎
Chris Ofili?
Rocking on the free world for sure...
Well done, l did one of Vokas Marilyn's today, who cares if your learning.
Was that the stupidest music you could find?
On the inside of a building it is art, on the outside of a building?
amazing!!!!!
oh..I want to try.
Movement, color and imagination , like it. By the way the shirt doesn’t bother me.
FANTASTICO GRANDE MAESTRO ASSUNTA
¡Oh qué gran obra! Bato pesado, presumido, personalista y ególatra...
I'm glad he had fun but i don't get it.
+Mark it's not about you
Art is for everyone. If the viewer doesn't understand it , obviously the artist is not getting his point across. If it was meant to be understood only by the artists then he shouldn't have painted it in a gallery, he should have painted it in his house.
thats ridiculous, if you paint for an audience, then you're about as close to an artist as justin beiber is to a composer.
Reflection and meditation !!!
You just made laugh so damn hard, thank you.
Looks fun.
I like it....somehow... Honestly, I thought this is crap at first (it probably is), but I like the painting.
Amazing!
He sure is rocking that male mid-drift.
That shirt was a bad choice... also is the music the same music used in the legend of Zelda windwaker?
That sweater tho 😂
Hi Naeem: Thanks for your comment. My answer has been long in coming. But, surprisingly, we have just had more than 408,000 hits on that Video. A few years ago, I wrote the “Story of Dada”. It’s on Amazon and you might like it. Price just reduced: www.amazon.com/Story-Dada-Activate-Your-Dada-Gene/dp/0976475685
is he serious? what planet ?
right on point!
Sort of like being a "hipster". However, there are still true Dada artists, just like their are true hipsters/beats.
Well... It IS Dada.
The shirt was distracting, however, I really like this work. Would love to have seen it in real life.
Dammit i got pranked.......................
this is great
The problem with the original avant garde movement, is that original spirit of the movement and it's dynamism and inspiration, born from impressionism and forged by the tragedies and devastation of World War 1, has vanished during the late '20s.
NABARTIK ATUY NGA LAKLAKAYAN TILA UBUBRAIN NAN
Reminds me of "Sprockets". "Let us dance."
i like it. it has a playful carefree nature.
i LIKED IT VERY MUCH. THIS FELLA KNOWS HOW TO DRAW. SINTHESIS. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.
LMAO who's grand dad is this? love the spontaneity of it all.