QUESTIONS on the EDGE of CHAOS
by Joanna Poppink
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Friend:
Is your work representational or abstract? |
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Artist:
(Silence) |
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Friend:
(Awkward) |
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Artist: (Struggles) |
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Friend:
What I mean is, are your paintings pictures of real things? |
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Artist: Some look
like what people call abstract. Some look like what people call
real things. To me, I'm attempting to paint what the world really
looks like. |
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Friend:
(Awkward, struggles) What? |
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Artist: Look closely
at small portions of large things and imagine them framed as paintings.
Like the bark of a tree or the pattern in a man's beard, the grain
of a stone or the texture of your own skin. You will begin to
see that abstract paintings can be what the world really looks
like. |
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Friend:
(Looking around) Oh. I see. |
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Artist: Yes. |
Joanna Poppink is an artist living and
working in West Los Angeles, CA, U.S.A. Send your comments or questions
to her at staff@selfhelpmagazine.com
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