SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Art@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 days ago“Happy Person Having a Pleasant Conversation in Public” by Randy Ortiz (2016). Charcoal, acrylic, pastel. 9x12″lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up1107arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: traditional_art@lemmy.world
arrow-up1102arrow-down1external-link“Happy Person Having a Pleasant Conversation in Public” by Randy Ortiz (2016). Charcoal, acrylic, pastel. 9x12″lemmy.worldSnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.comM to Art@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 days agomessage-square9fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: traditional_art@lemmy.world
minus-squareOldChicoAle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·2 days agoNot what I would have called it but okay!
minus-squareOshaqHennessey@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 days agoI think the art lies in the contradiction in this case. My interpretation is the artist feels like the painting on the inside while pretending to be the title, or the label on the outside.
minus-squarecassandrafatigue@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·1 day agoIt’s not hard to see what having a conversation with a normal American feels like if youre marginalized but not visibly identifiable as that class. Its just a normal happy person having a normal conversation. This is what they look like once they start talking.
Not what I would have called it but okay!
I think the art lies in the contradiction in this case. My interpretation is the artist feels like the painting on the inside while pretending to be the title, or the label on the outside.
It’s not hard to see what having a conversation with a normal American feels like if youre marginalized but not visibly identifiable as that class.
Its just a normal happy person having a normal conversation. This is what they look like once they start talking.