Posted
on April 12, 2014
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| David Cerny |
The
idea behind this idea is that we should try looking at art
sl-l-l-o-o-ow-l-l-y-y, at least this one day. Really sit with the art
for a while, looking. Get up close to AND far away from paintings; walk
all the way around sculptures. Let your mind wander as you look, or
do some intentional focusing as you let your eyes travel over a large
piece.
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| Elizabeth Blaylock |
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| Mondrian |
Some
art museums are having special celebrations for Slow Art Day. Check
out the official website for some of the museums hosting
events. I read that some museums welcome slow-art guests to view five pieces
of art for ten minutes each. Then the guests get together over lunch
to talk about how it felt to look at each piece of art for that long.
(Face it; most of us hurry and hustle about our lives so much that we
haven't experienced such long, lingering looks before!)
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| Subodh Gupta |
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| Van Gogh |
I
have experienced slow looking when doing a jigsaw puzzle of a
painting or other fine art. I realized that I had not fully noticed
all colors and brush strokes—such as all the little green flecks in
Van Gogh's red hair—until I started staring at context-less jigsaw
puzzle pieces, wondering where they go. Consider buying a fine-art
jigsaw – or check out Thinks-dot-com for twelve free online
art puzzles.
If
you can't get to an art museum today, try taking a close look at art
online. This website offers close-ups of paintings by Van
Gogh.
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| Leonardo |
Here
are some suggestions about how to look at art. An entire other set of
suggestions on looking at art can be found here.
I
really like these suggestions;
Fred Sanders is talking about how to look slowly—just perfect for
the day! He goes into his eight suggestions at more depth in the
linked article, but here they are in brief:
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| Hugo Barros |
1. Squint at the painting.
2. Mentally flip it over.
3. Find the negative space.
4. Define the moment.
5. Re-Construct it.
6. Let the artist guide your eyes.
7. Say what you see.
8. Use background knowledge.
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on this date:
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