View Full Version : Could someone tell me why I like Mexican folk art please?
Cos I do. I luvs it. However I'm fucked if I know why and I need to be able to justify it. So, Urban, I'm relying on you.
TIA
Johnny Canuck3
15-03-2010, 21:25
Cos I do. I luvs it. However I'm fucked if I know why and I need to be able to justify it. So, Urban, I'm relying on you.
TIA
Because you have a monobrow like Frida Kahlo?
[I don't actually know that you do, btw. I'm just putting it out there]
Cos I do. I luvs it. However I'm fucked if I know why and I need to be able to justify it. So, Urban, I'm relying on you.
TIA
If you don't know, how the fuck are we supposed to know. :mad:
Why do you need to justify it? I find myself liking much in the way of Mexican art, especially "El Día de los Muertos" type themed images. Some of it is very vibrant and colourful and just downright nice to look at.
ETA: are you having to write an entrance essay for a course or summat?
trashpony
15-03-2010, 22:08
Because it tells stories about everyday life - it celebrates the mundane, not just the special occasions. And because it's cute
Possibly
MightyAphrodite
15-03-2010, 22:08
If you don't know, how the fuck are we supposed to know. :mad:
angry maggot is :cool:
ummm, cause you like art probably madz, mexican folk art in particular. god. ;)
cos it's totally mexico:cool:
I would so just answer that.
I like the day of the dead masks
clicky (http://images.google.co.uk/images?client=safari&rls=en&q=mexican%20day%20of%20the%20dead%20masks&oe=UTF-8&redir_esc=&um=1&ie=UTF-8&sa=N&hl=en&tab=wi)
Johnny Canuck3
15-03-2010, 22:43
Because it tells stories about everyday life - it celebrates the mundane, not just the special occasions. And because it's cute
Possibly
You can get that with black velvet paintings, too.
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_csY2_xK2HtY/SnkUFtRlGzI/AAAAAAAAd04/olKGB9At_WY/%5BUNSET%5D.jpg
Johnny Canuck3
15-03-2010, 22:44
Cos I do. I luvs it. However I'm fucked if I know why and I need to be able to justify it. So, Urban, I'm relying on you.
TIA
Do you like pinatas?
DotCommunist
15-03-2010, 22:46
You have a deep seated desire to be the matriarch for a Mexican dynasty
Great exhibition in the British Museum about Mexican political posters at the moment.
Maybe to European eyes there's a playful and surreal aspect to Mexican folk art, which we might think is intended as such but might not be. There's also pleasure in seeing how familiar things like pictures from magazines are taken and reworked in original ways.
Did see a stall in Camden market last Saturday which had a lot of model set-ups with skeletons waiting at bus-stops and so on, and shrine-like tableaux, but many looked a little more camp and self-knowing than you might expect, perhaps they're made over here with an eye on fans of Yma Sumac.
Great exhibition in the British Museum about Mexican political posters at the moment.I just looked it up on the Museum's website. Damn, i wish i could get to London while it's on, because it looks fantastic. Fingers crossed, maybe they'll send the prints on tour to the US.
Refused as fuck
17-03-2010, 22:32
Why do you need to justify it? And surely you're able to articulate some thoughts on what you enjoy/appreciate when you look at/whatever is you do with your Mexican folk art? "I just like the way it looks" would be good enough for me. :confused:
I mean... wtf?
Why do you need to justify it? And surely you're able to articulate some thoughts on what you enjoy/appreciate when you look at/whatever is you do with your Mexican folk art? "I just like the way it looks" would be good enough for me. :confused:
I mean... wtf?
Jesus - wind your neck in. :rolleyes:
I love The Day Of The Dead stuff mainly for its optimistic view of death and the idea of inviting your dead relatives back for a drink and a party once a year. Celebratory rather than maudlin. Seems more about life than death sometimes.
Just one reason for one small part of the genre I suppose but it's a decent enough place to start.
http://www.international.ucla.edu/media/images/dia-de-los-muertos-art-rj2-.jpg
Like this? I googled "dia-de-los-muertos" (day of the dead apparently :eek:).
Madusa- you'd definitely get an A* for that. And a big red tick. Possibly even a certificate Star Award in assembly, if they do them at madz's Uni.
Why do you need to justify it? And surely you're able to articulate some thoughts on what you enjoy/appreciate when you look at/whatever is you do with your Mexican folk art? "I just like the way it looks" would be good enough for me. :confused:
I mean... wtf?She's doing a fine art degree. I'm guessing you can't just write "because I do" for every essay :hmm:
Plus... bit of thought and you must know, madz. :p
Refused as fuck
20-03-2010, 07:54
Oh, that makes sense. Fine art degree, eh?
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Oh, that makes sense. Fine art degree, eh?
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.I know. Fine Art just sounds so... civilized and educated and refined :cool:
Refused as fuck
20-03-2010, 08:01
Yeah, so anyway, I'm doing a cost-benefit analysis of Allied Health Professional led NHS services in the Greater London area. Who wants to do it for me?
Madzone doesn't believe in thinking about art. It's all supposed to happen by magic.
Refused as fuck
20-03-2010, 08:42
And who are we to judge the Mexicans and their "magic"? Can we really believe that those who have sold our souls to capitalism can really be more enlightened than these noble savages?
Great exhibition in the British Museum about Mexican political posters at the moment.
We're going to that on Good Friday :cool:
invisibleplanet
20-03-2010, 09:07
Cos I do. I luvs it. However I'm fucked if I know why and I need to be able to justify it. So, Urban, I'm relying on you.
TIA
Do you like the textiles of the Atacama desert too?
With regards to asking people to do work for me, I'm not. As for smartarse comments about not wanting to think about art - also bollocks. I have a book stuffed full of contextual references. I have about 60 artists in there. It's work that inspires me or that I like or even that I don't like and I've written in detail why that is. However, a couple of us can't explain why we like mexican folk art and so I thought I'd open up the discussion on here as I know there's a fwe people on urban who also like it.
The number of comments aong the lines of 'I just do' would indicate that I'm not alone in not knowing what draws people to it so much.
Do you like the textiles of the Atacama desert too?
I've just googled that and can't come up with anything definitive. Got any examples? I like Mimbres pottery.
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