i know a lot of us have trouble coming up with ideas that we feel (& we feel our professors will feel...) are original. so i wanted to share this site Blaine shared with me that made me feel a whole hell of a lot better...
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| Constantin Brâncuși Sleeping Muse :: Roy Lichtenstein Sleeping Muse |
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| Jeff Wall A Sudden Gust of Wind :: Katsushika Hokusai Travellers Caught in a Sudden Breeze at Ejiri |
a lot of them are directly commenting on the other piece (like the two above) while some appear to be nothing more than coincidence.
a few years ago while in New Orleans we visited the studio of a guy named Steve Martin. he showed us these figurative wire sculptures he had displayed. then a time later, came to find out that Alexander Calder had basically already done that exact same thing years ago. & i decided that i no longer liked Steve Martin. it was all way too derivative of Calder, (& also Picasso in his other work) right? but in reality like Mr. Dickey always says "art is not made in a vacuum". everyones work is influenced by the past, some artists are just a lot more upfront about it.
i also made a playlist of covers i like that surely nobody will ever watch.
(also. the Real Estate video is a clip from a film called Submarine i recently watched, enjoyed & recommend.)
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