{"id":811,"date":"2012-12-09T17:59:27","date_gmt":"2012-12-09T21:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/?p=811"},"modified":"2017-08-26T09:33:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T13:33:05","slug":"broken-qualifications","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/archives\/811","title":{"rendered":"Broken Qualifications"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cAny true artist is putting down the most accurate formula he can for what he perceives … The truth is the truth and you don\u2019t want to change it to make it more palatable to reach more people.\u201d
\n\u2014 Robert Motherwell<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I frequently make reference to figures who have made their mark on art history, but I also find the work of my collage contemporaries very stimulating. An astonishing number of artists are exploring this vibrant medium who remain true to a keen perception that is beyond an art-buying public looking for familiar effects. This is nothing new, and presents a problem only for those who attempt to gain wide popularity. Occasionally, I am lured by a collage that has made a clear stab at shock, irony, or absurdity. These evocative goals, or some level of social commentary, are worthy objectives for collage as an art form (for which it can be strongly suited). They are among the different approaches to an orientation that Laura T Holmes<\/a> refers to as \u201cintentional design.\u201d At any rate, I will usually set aside admiration for a conceptual process and re-focus on the visual aesthetics that continuously capture my interest: color, shape, texture, depth, rhythm, resonance, counterpoint, and compositional harmony. So much the better if layers of symbolic meaning emerge, and an observer brings his or her individual responses to the finished result.
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Broken Qualifications<\/em><\/strong>
\ncollage miniature by J A Dixon
\n6 x 8 inches
\nsee the revised version<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u201cAny true artist is putting down the most accurate formula he can for what he perceives … The truth is the truth and you don\u2019t want to change it to make it more palatable to reach more people.\u201d \u2014 Robert Motherwell I frequently make reference to figures who have made their mark on art history, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,13,18,53,35,10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9630,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions\/9630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xorph.com\/jadixon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}