Friday, March 23, 2007

Yesterday's entry - mature content or not?

After I'd published yesterday's entry I got in a reflective mood. Is the picture of the painting I published and the explanation underneath to be considered as mature content or not.
Basically, the nude lady is just a nude lady, not engaged in any activity.
In some countries similar paintings would be considered pornographic, in other's they can be found in main stream galleries.

Often I find looking at a painting is like reading a book: sometimes you have to read between the lines or when observing a painting, look at the details, interaction between characters. You might be surprised what you find out about the artist.

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Thursday, March 22, 2007

The gallery goes on!


It's a long time since I paid Kamiel a visit over here.

In the mean time I did discover some of his other long lost works!

Hmm, this clearly is a red light district painting again, talking to my relatives, I did gain some insight into Kamiel's attitudes towards women. From what you can read in previous posts, Kamiel often felt betrayed by women and never really found a way to deal with his feelings other than painting.
I think this is a shame because he was a nice man who had a lot more to offer than he was able to show. Sometimes I get sad while watching these kind of paintings. I know where the artist's feelings were coming from: a deep lack of appreciation, being judged for what he wasn't good at and not getting the attention he deserved. In this period of his life, he was getting back at all those that had hurt him, but I do understand that these pictures can be hurtful to others as well!


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