Bad Art

One of the most frequent questions I get asked is, "Is this art bad?"  Most of the time it is not that bad, and sometimes it is not that good.  But to my amazement I found out today that there is a MOBA  (Museum of Bad Art).  

 I was shocked and of course it caught my curiosity.  What could they possibly have that is that bad?  Well some of it, YES.

Mama and Babe

In the cat's mouth

Dog
 

If you want to see more of this "bad" art here is the website http://www.museumofbadart.org/collection/index.php

So before you ask again if your art is bad, think about these (especially mama and babe) and hopefully you have not crossed the line into "bad art".

Making art the message

What can you see when the message and the art go hand in hand.


If you could leave a message in a piece of book art what would you want to tell others?

Changing your style

 

Many artists change their style as they advance in both career and age.  Some change because the world around them is changing and some change due to physical reasons.

Matisse started as a painter, but as old age affected his hands he began making cut outs out of colored paper and started a whole new movement in collage.


Chuck Close started out as a realistic portrait painter.



As you can see he loved to paint large images of realistic people.  Yes, that is a painting and not a photgraph.

But do to a car accident he had to change his style.  He still painted large portraits of people, but in a new way.



I wanted to show you these and show you that you too can change and evolve your style.  Don't feel like you have to do one thing because that is what is the only thing you know.  Branch out and try something new.  Is there something new in art that you would like to try? 

The unseen

In art we always want to draw and paint what we see, but sometimes it is the unseen that can be enchanting. 



The above piece is called "Grace's Love" by Pomm.  Perhaps you will disagree with me, but I love the hidden tree in this watercolor paintings.  I think it adds mystery and beauty to an otherwise boring piece, but what do you think?  Would you have left it out or would you make another change?

Extreme Doodles

Do you like to doodle in your notebooks, on post-its, on your walls or just on anything you can find?  Have you ever doodled on a coffee cup?  If so you have something in common with the artist Cheeming Boey.  He is a styrofoam coffee cup artist whos only tool is sharpie markers.

 

 

So what do you think?  Do you think of them differently if I told you that they range in price of $400 to $1500 per cup?  Now what do you think?  Would you pay for them?  Would you try to create them?

Ordinary to Extrordinary

I ran across this artist MEGX and his amazing artwork to everyday objects. 



So here we have an ordinary bridge.  This one happens to be in Europe but it could be anywhere.  Anyways, over the course of four weeks, MEGX turns this plain bridge into this...

A giant Lego bridge.  He uses painted panels to make it into something fun and unique.



This is a form of street art.  If you could change something from ordinary to extrordinary what would you change?  And what would you change it into?

Tires

We all know that used and old tires can make great swings for kids, but did you know that they can make great sculptures?

The artist Yong Ho Ji has taken recycled tire art to a new level.







Yong cuts up the tires from cars, tractors and bikes so that it looks like muscle and flesh for each animal.  He uses a steel structure to hold the overall shape of the animal and then attaches the tires on top of that steel. 

What are your thoughts on this art?  Is it something that you would like to see up close or even touch?  Do you like his creatures which are based on real animals or should he make them more realistic?