He talked about how people always want to see it in person, even if it was an underwhelming experience
People have always been drawn to painting
Paintings have been used over time to tell stories
People couldn't read, but they did understand the paintings
When photography came around, it allowed painters to do things other than realistic portraits
However, photo-realism is still used
-Vija Celmins
-Chuck Close
-Robert Longo
Some artists work from a photograph, but make more abstract images
-Zhang Xiaogang
Using the photo as inspiration, but not being a slave to the photo
Abstraction has always been used in planning a painting, but having the end product be abstract is a more new idea
-Ian Davenport
Pours different coloured paints down in lines until they pool at the bottom
There are many different and unique approaches to painting
People still look at real paintings, because they are tangible objects in time and space. You can see the texture of the paint and you experience something that screens cannot replicate.
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