tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193753436598921803.post5105648252441868977..comments2023-08-25T12:41:40.526+02:00Comments on PB Freyder's Art Space: Structures · the search for an inner cosmosPhil Freyderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16851016507912349399noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193753436598921803.post-4040647416532318632011-07-15T20:17:04.926+02:002011-07-15T20:17:04.926+02:00Marty, thanks for a thoughtful analysis of abstrac...Marty, thanks for a thoughtful analysis of abstraction and representation in art. This is the first time anyone has devoted so much thought or prose to what I do, and it honors me. I like the realization that I'm doing non-objective abstraction, starting the search from within.<br /><br />While staring at the ceiling of the mosque in Córdoba, I concluded that the endlessly repeated and subtly varied pattern I saw there was a Muslim reflection on the nature of the universe, or, as you say, on the nature of God: an infinite, intricately networked phenomenon in which all things are related to all things, and all is finally one.Phil Freyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16851016507912349399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193753436598921803.post-75755280025819368242011-07-15T20:16:07.363+02:002011-07-15T20:16:07.363+02:00Comments by Martin F. Wanserski, sculptor, draftsm...Comments by Martin F. Wanserski, sculptor, draftsman and retired professor of art practice:<br /><br />In dealing with drawing classes for so many years I had to deal constantly with the abstract / representational nature of art.<br /><br />By living in Spain you’re surrounded constantly by abstract art. As you know it is against the Muslim religion to be so brazen as to try to create a representational image of God. The Catholics bathed in realistic images of saints and God so much that most Protestants were convinced they were creating idols.<br /><br />Picasso always created OBJECTIVE abstractions. His abstractions variations of the object just as Muslim abstractions are variations of the object, GOD. Most abstraction throughout the world is a version of objective abstraction. Chinese letter forms began as a form of objective abstraction. As the symbolism was lost many became NON-OBJECTIVE. The were appreciated not as objective symbols but for the visual flow within the shape themselves. <br /><br />The nature of painting, sculpture, drawing, cinematography, clothing design etc. etc. etc. all works with the same tools.<br /><br />Different aspects and functions of the brain is used in the creation of these images and forms. A different criterion may be used in judging the value of the use of these forms but the difference isn't that great. When I judge a Goya print or a mosque I have to be concerned with the rhythm of the lines, the shapes and the forms. After I have the structure worked out then I can be concerned about the nature of this representation and what it expresses.<br /><br />Your abstract paintings, Phil, are intuitively non-objective. When we do things from the inside they are like dreams. The often seem odd and non-objective at first but later on we read something into the image or even give it a meaning.<br /><br />Your art work has you on a path of discovery now, a discovery about yourself. That's a great thing about it. Keep the journey alive!Phil Freyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16851016507912349399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193753436598921803.post-71900126534864765892011-06-06T08:27:00.501+02:002011-06-06T08:27:00.501+02:00Adventuresome: Thanks for your intelligent gaze an...Adventuresome: Thanks for your intelligent gaze and interpretation. And thanks for your good wishes.Phil Freyderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16851016507912349399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1193753436598921803.post-10704989788783502132011-06-06T03:38:42.428+02:002011-06-06T03:38:42.428+02:00Abstract art is really so interesting...so much of...Abstract art is really so interesting...so much of what we see is what we bring to it. The first things I saw in the first painting were the hands reaching across what appears to be a chasm- and touching.... but I also saw what you described. I really do enjoy your abstract pieces- and find myself wishing for a behemoth palace to put them all in! Of course a nearby gallery would be nice too. One of these days we'll get back to Madrid and come visit your studio.<br />On a side note- my young cousin was just visiting Madrid and posted pictures of all the landmarks- which I managed to accurately name! Except for Catedral San Francisco- right by where I stayed with Milagros! Funny to think my visit was before she was born, and now she's experiencing all that beauty herself.<br />As always your work inspires me and I wish I had some on my wall :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com