From:
"Clive Murray-White" <clivemw@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz>
Date:
Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:55:30 +1000
Subject:
Lying Stones
hi all,
Don't you love it when John Graham goes off, there just has to be one
ignorant redneck in every group doesn't there?
On truth or lies: "Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realise
truth." Picasso. quotes Don Dougan.
Of course if JG had read what was actually said he would have seen that
nobody said that stone was a lie, now that would be stupid wouldn't it? only
what we do with it can often be a lie.
Impolite or otherwise it serves us well to discuss things and clearly it
helps to call a spade a spade as it often brings us quickly to the truth.
For me the act of stone carving involves a great deal of arguing with myself
and asking questions like, "if I do this will I deny the character of the
stone? or " As I have some kind of belief in the idea of truth to materials
am I going to allow myself to leave evidence of my angle grinder?" "Am I
perpetrating a lie if I smooth it over? or the worst one of all "Am I trying
to make this stone look like something it isn't? in other words, create a
tangible lie.
Must go Regards to all Clive
Sculptor Clive Murray-White
Web: http://www.cowwarr.com/CliveMurray-White/
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