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MTal
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To Whoever looks at the art on this page by MTal, she has unfortunately passed away December 2010 while fighting cancer. I hope you enjoy her artwork, the thing she loved most aside from her children in her life. she was the greatest mother I could ever ask for who taught me of art and always encouraged me in the field. I hope to someday try to load more paintings of hers.
You hit on a theme that seems to be a growing battle in the Art world; inspiration vs. perspiration. Or contemporary (modern) vs. traditional art. It makes one ask the question, "what is art?" By its very nature, modern art attracts a lion's share of charlatans - those whose work is based entirely on their "inspiration" without any reliance on traditional training or technique. Some of these folks are very successful, look at the recent Damian Hirst auction. But the world of traditional art has its share of less than great art also. There are countless examples of artwork, while accomplished in technical skill, lack any soul or feeling at all. I guess what it comes down to is, what speaks to the viewer. Some can look at dots on canvas and appreciate that it is an "artist's statement," while others prefer art that enobles or makes us appreciate the beauty in the world around us. I had an experience similar to yours, when I visited the art museum at Princeton. I exited a room filled with Impressionist masterpieces, only to enter one with paintings by the likes of Motherwell. All I could think, while I looked at an enormous white canvas with a black stripe down the right side, was "man, what I could do with all of that canvas!" I, for one, do feel there's room for both schools of thought and rely on how a piece of art makes me feel. I think that's the essence of it really, Art is personal. So, you grew up in NY and emigrated to Israel?
go to the drop down menus to the right of the deviantart logo on your personal home page under More there's a drop down menu, in the left column there's an item called Account Tools, click on that, the right box items will change and you'll see one called Edit Settings & Profile, click on that and that page will open. On the left side of the screen there's a list that begins with Public, click on Identity and that page will open. There you will see the first item is about your Avatar, clicking the Change Avatar button will open a pop up window that works like any upload process - you know, you locate the file on your computer (or wherever) and then upload it. Pay attention to the size limitations (An avatar image file should be a 50x50 px PNG, JPEG or GIF image that is smaller than 15 KB.) because it won't let you upload an image larger than this. Also, on my computer, it never stops uploading - I usually give it about 5 minutes, cancel the operation, quit deviantart, reopen deviantart and go back to the upload page abd my new avatar is in the window. I select it and it's placed where you see it on my page.
Yup. My dad was a Conservative Rabbi and i went to a religious school and always learned about Israel being my spiritual home.I came with two kids and husband at 28, Had two more kids, got divorced, but have lived here ever since. only one son went back to the US. I have the same feelings towards "non-art". i.e. "I can do that...a kids could too!" It's nice to know that all the foolish jabber about minimalist white-dot/black dot works bothers other artists too!
I haven't kept up with the battle, but there are traditional realists out there who are really fired up about this. You know about the Art Renewal Center site, don't you? If not, you might enjoy visiting it.
