I came upon the Group of Seven when I came to live in Sault-Sainte-Marie, Mark learned to see art through the eyes of a friend who initiated him to the vastness of art in Southern Ontario. Mark's sensibilities were closer to the Automatistes, Paul-Émile Borders and Jean-Paul Riopelle. My parents loved Jean-Paul Lemieux and the Automatistes of course. Who else is there beyond Varley, Carmichael, Lismer, Johnston, Harris, Jackson and MacDonald? A whole lot more! But somehow, no matter what, we always seem to return to these seminal seven (or eight with Tom Thomson, or eight with Emily Carr, or nine with Casson...) Somewhere deep in our hearts, they have a special place and that's all fine.
Episode 1 - New York Art, Pop Art, Realism and Chuck Close
Mark and I are starting our weekly conversations about art. Where to start? All roads lead to New York somehow. It's always hard to start anything new, what to chose? Here's our first step! We discuss Hyperrealism, Pop Art and Andy Warhol, Chuck Close and other artists. Next week: The Group of Seven, can Canada move beyond?
Here are some links of photos we looked at during our conversation.
http://serenayang.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/Serra_9766b.jpg
http://www.openobject.org/cloudfarm/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Richard-Serra-trowing-lead.jpg
http://www.playbillarts.com/images/photos/metoperachuckclose460.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7d/Rbreich.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a2/Christinasworld.jpg