Please Review: The Most Expensive Photo in the World - Artists2artists Social Network2024-03-29T13:17:30Zhttps://artdeadline.ning.com/group/critique/forum/topics/photoworld?feed=yes&xn_auth=noI'd agree with Tony Reynolds…tag:artdeadline.ning.com,2012-01-04:3077055:Comment:1186062012-01-04T18:29:28.600ZAdrian Setterfieldhttps://artdeadline.ning.com/profile/AdrianSetterfield
<p>I'd agree with Tony Reynolds here about the Rothko simplicity in this photograph. The only route for the imagination to go on this one, is to slide off into the nothingness beyond its borders where Gursky picks up on a bigger picture. For me, this photo clears my mind...it must be quiet an experience, given its size out of cyber world.</p>
<p>I'd agree with Tony Reynolds here about the Rothko simplicity in this photograph. The only route for the imagination to go on this one, is to slide off into the nothingness beyond its borders where Gursky picks up on a bigger picture. For me, this photo clears my mind...it must be quiet an experience, given its size out of cyber world.</p> Pro: the tension between real…tag:artdeadline.ning.com,2011-12-27:3077055:Comment:1175582011-12-27T12:24:15.589ZLaurel Sternberghttps://artdeadline.ning.com/profile/LaurelSternberg
<p>Pro: the tension between realism and abstract. Con: cold and alienating.</p>
<p>Pro: the tension between realism and abstract. Con: cold and alienating.</p> Andreas Gursky exemplified th…tag:artdeadline.ning.com,2011-12-24:3077055:Comment:1173722011-12-24T22:40:17.175ZMichael Pointerhttps://artdeadline.ning.com/profile/MichaelPointer
<p>Andreas Gursky exemplified the move from photography as depiction to considering the work as art which could only be expressed with photography. It was no longer possible to compare the work to painting due to the expression of the moment in the absolute reality of photographic place and time. Gursky relies on the inherent belief in the truth of the photographic image. The size of the work emphasizes this truth and asks the viewer to consider the importance of the commonplace in everyday…</p>
<p>Andreas Gursky exemplified the move from photography as depiction to considering the work as art which could only be expressed with photography. It was no longer possible to compare the work to painting due to the expression of the moment in the absolute reality of photographic place and time. Gursky relies on the inherent belief in the truth of the photographic image. The size of the work emphasizes this truth and asks the viewer to consider the importance of the commonplace in everyday life.</p>
<p>I think Richard Misrach did this much better in his minimalist landscapes but only Gursky confronts us with the commonality of experience. The value and understanding of this one image is only complete when viewed within the framework of his entire body of work. I don't know what else was up at this auction but I suspect that this is perhaps the least complex of his images and therefore more powerful and worth the money to the purchaser as the distillation of his oeuvre. </p> Probably this photographer ha…tag:artdeadline.ning.com,2011-11-17:3077055:Comment:1097692011-11-17T21:33:20.772ZRay DeBaunhttps://artdeadline.ning.com/profile/RayDeBaun
<p>Probably this photographer has a way with words, a great salesperson, is adept at convincing people. Though you could probably say the same for a lot of artists. </p>
<p>Probably this photographer has a way with words, a great salesperson, is adept at convincing people. Though you could probably say the same for a lot of artists. </p> It will take me a while (a lo…tag:artdeadline.ning.com,2011-11-14:3077055:Comment:1090632011-11-14T21:56:45.552ZTony Reynoldshttps://artdeadline.ning.com/profile/TonyReynolds
<p>It will take me a while (a long while) to take in this photograph and digest its impact. I have been a photographer and understand the craft of the thing. I very much like Rothko and the simplicity(others have written "blandness") doesn't put me off. At 3 meters long it certainly isn't intimate but I can still grasp its scale which is certainly smaller than the actual subject landscape, although size rarely "makes" a work by itself. Damien Hirst should have prepared me for celebrity art and…</p>
<p>It will take me a while (a long while) to take in this photograph and digest its impact. I have been a photographer and understand the craft of the thing. I very much like Rothko and the simplicity(others have written "blandness") doesn't put me off. At 3 meters long it certainly isn't intimate but I can still grasp its scale which is certainly smaller than the actual subject landscape, although size rarely "makes" a work by itself. Damien Hirst should have prepared me for celebrity art and collector groupies. There is a zen quietude about it but the gavel price is hardly subtle. Like I said, it will take time to digest it and time to work on adding some super-positives to my catalog entry. IMHO. Perhaps others here will help point the way.</p>