Put a Frame Around It and Call It Art

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Extra marks for tongue-in-cheek.

If I cover any portion of the shot, it falls apart. I don't know much about art, but it seems that this would qualify.

 

 

I like how the gauge (left) and shadow (right) appear locked in a question answer. This reminds me of Michelangelo's scene of Adam and God barely touching fingers. Perhaps a Jungian twist of modern man reaching to touch his shadow.

Wonderful shot...beautiful abstract...my best

I love the title .......... The Art is in the eye of the viewer . Very nicely composed

Something so basic and everyday elevated to "art". The vivacity of the red conduit really pushes that, but ultimately, it's your eye and comp that sucks me in. True art, Jack.

The cast shadow on right hitting perfectly the rail on ground makes the trick for me. The timing really adds bonus to this photo according my own priority list. That shadow would have it's compositional merit being elsewhere too (more or less) but such tension point (a term by Fred Picker) makes me clapping my hands.

 

BTW I have been wondering many times earlier how the ambient light on your photos seem to be so soft. Now I detect some harsh daylight adding a welcome punch to the "box" on left.

Or turn the image 90 degrees, and it becomes fascinating. Well done, Jack.

Thanks for dropping by and commenting. I appreciate it very much. Doug and Alon both mentioned the title. This could have just as easily been called XYZ123 or anything else. I think about my titles and generally don't post a picture till it is settled in my mind. The title here is no serious commentary but more along trhe line that Alon suggested: "the Art is in the eye of the viewer" (or sometimes just the creator).

 

Thanks Jeff and Markku for your lengthy comments on the technical merits of this picture. Both of you are masters of composition. Markku looks at this as an architect of space, form, line and color. Jeff inevitably projects a psychological aspect onto the picture. I'm always interested in response to a particular picture...and sometimes I learn even more from lack of response. Personally, I seldom have anything in mind when I shoot the picture and try to maintain an unbiased neutrality to the world around me. I find that suits my style best.

 

Drew - I appreciate the unpredictability of your photos along with your incisive eye in your comments on others work.

 

Kallo - Though I have just been introduced to your work, I find it masterful and constantly surprising.

 

Liz - The true artist never sleeps, even with other's works. Thanks for pointing out a 90 degree turn would give me a completely different (and very compelling) perspective. Sometimes we get so locked in to a particular point of view we miss other obvious possibilities.

 

 

You are cutting amazing pieces of art from rigid reality, Mr Jack! :)

Regards to you!

I love the title and - why don´t you do it? Frame it and call it art, because that´s what it is!

The grid in the foreground provides the base for all other components to fit and work ----for me at least. Very astute eye you have! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~L

I have the same comment as on the previous image.

This is a great image and is an Art also without frame. The composition is perfect. I like the shadow in the right, the shadow plays an important role here. To my favorite images gallery.

Jack, I do not have the capacity to comment on this original image. Searching for adjectives. Most of your images are modern art, indded, with or without frames.

Jack,

 

I find looking at your work always fascinating, for me it goes beyond the question of weather it is art or not; once you get captivated by an image, for aesthetic, semantic content or other, you may call it art…..regardless of any canon or theory expressing what is or is not.

 

Reading all the comments, I found this interesting insight on your work, and here’s what I think about it:

 

By trying to maintain an unbiased neutrality towards your subjects, you’re passing into the viewer (though I would rather call it observer, when it comes to your work) the necessity to take a stance. This goes beyond liking something or not, as before the artistic rapture you have to relate or connect to it, thus breaking that neutrality in the process.

 

There, I think I burned my good share of neurons in this process here: two many words trying to look interesting…Mmmmmh, I guess I could say your work qualifies as health hazard, oddly though, instead of becoming ever dumber, I feel enlightened by this visits. !!!

 

Thanks for your reflections on my picture; it's always interesting to hear another point of view. You're right in that I try to remain emotionally neutral when I approach a subject for a picture. However, in front of the computer, all bets are off. When I see the photographic image on the monitor, it may call up all sorts of assosciations and often this influences my particular slant on the picture. I have a natural love for the ironic, the comic and the unexpected which is often reflected in my titles (as in this case).

I just might.

The art of looking for something else, and the art of looking at the common with a fresh eye, a different angle and a sense of the ordinary extraordinary. Nothing to sell short in that.

I know I'm late to find this photo, but well, many artists were discovered even later and well past their lives. So, I guess it's never really too late.

 

Best wishes for the holiday season and the new year!