Tag Archives: Van Gogh

Are all artists existentialists at heart?

Posted on 2 July 2015 by beckybendylegs

Existentialism is a philosophical idea which is centered on the idea of the individual as a disorientated and confused being in the face of an apparently meaningless or absurd world. When experiencing an existential dilemma, one feels alone in the … Continue reading →

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‘It is the artist temperament’

Posted on 3 June 2015 by beckybendylegs

Today I had my grades and feedback for my final project as a student on the foundation degree at SCAT. I spent last night having the most weird and wonderful dreams. In my sleep, I received my feedback in my … Continue reading →

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The art of suffering

Posted on 16 November 2013 by beckybendylegs

At the moment I am re-reading How Proust Can Change Your Life by Alain de Botton, my favourite living popular philosopher (if you have can popular science you can have popular philosophy). In this book, de Botton talks about Proust’s … Continue reading →

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My fellow students’ isms (in brief) – Part Three

Posted on 26 November 2012 by beckybendylegs

Spatialism This was a post-World War II movement founded by Italian artist Lucio Fontana. It represented a move away from mere painting as an art form, it aimed to synthesize colour, sound, space, movement and time into a new type … Continue reading →

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Does eccentricity and creativity come hand in hand?

Posted on 5 November 2012 by beckybendylegs

Researching artists who collect, artists who question collecting, and artists who obsessively collect made me wonder: are all artists a little bit, or a lot, eccentric? All of the artists I and my fellow art students researched were eccentric on … Continue reading →

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My favourite drawers – those people whose drawings I like a lot.

Posted on 9 October 2012 by beckybendylegs

Frank Auerbach I am drawn to this image for the emotion he is able to create here, sometimes with simple-seeming strokes but often with heavy, clumsy strokes. Vincent Van Gogh I like this picture for the emotion it contains and … Continue reading →

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