As words are to human thoughts...Paintings are to human visions. In my loose definition of paintings we include also work in pigments, pencil, pastels, excrement, etc.. As long as there is as little influence of mechanical means as possible. We will try to be as objective as possible without the overly subjective judgements of critical thought...which, in general prevents us from seeing what is really there and understanding how the visual can expand our conscience undertanding of the whole.

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2nd June 2011

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“East River at 70th Street, NYC, 2009” acrylic on canvas mounted with Seikishu rice paper by Nina Macquire Sometimes the artist works with ideas that are not exactly as the viewer will see them.  These ideas, so important to the artist…through the medium, through interpretation, through the very minds and experiences of the viewers themselves…becomes muddled…the original idea becomes an impression to the viewer who then interprets the image with a world of experience and perception of their own.  New ideas emerge…maybe completely different than those intended by the artist. Is this new interpretation…wrong?  Is the result a misinterpretation of the artist’s original intent or an exponential expansion?  Or is the new vision of meaning a completely new work…originated by the artist but finished by the viewer…a completely new work infused with all the meaning and insight that only each individual can bring.

“East River at 70th Street, NYC, 2009” acrylic on canvas mounted with Seikishu rice paper by Nina Macquire

Sometimes the artist works with ideas that are not exactly as the viewer will see them.  These ideas, so important to the artist…through the medium, through interpretation, through the very minds and experiences of the viewers themselves…becomes muddled…the original idea becomes an impression to the viewer who then interprets the image with a world of experience and perception of their own.  New ideas emerge…maybe completely different than those intended by the artist.

Is this new interpretation…wrong?  Is the result a misinterpretation of the artist’s original intent or an exponential expansion?  Or is the new vision of meaning a completely new work…originated by the artist but finished by the viewer…a completely new work infused with all the meaning and insight that only each individual can bring.

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