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Table of contents:
00:00 — Introduction
00:44 — The Color Gradient in Art
03:33 — 1-5 Artists
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17:30 — Key Takeaways + 20 Artists
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My guess is …this “trend” is not going to age well.
Seems a little gimmicky and safe.
Focusing on the topic of "Gradients" in art feels pedestrian, especially in a world where mayhem and upheaval is becoming the norm. Many gallerists and historians live in ivory towers but to turn away from the subject of gradients is to disregard an artist's life of study, dedication, and contribution to vision, science, and thought. Only a fool would trash a Bach fugue in favor of Childish Gambino's, "This is America." To demarcate is prejudice.
It's welcome indeed to see the inclusion of Jules Olitski and Jef Verheyen on this list. There are too many great artists of the recent past whom are sidelined and forgotten, which is especially true for artists who don't have an overt "message." What is not uttered is that the ascendancy of identity and gender based political art is that much of this art is of low quality. We've all seen art sell at auctions for millions of dollars and then, a short time later, markets plummet and careers are destroyed. This is the brave new world where the message triumphs over quality. Once the purview of illustration, message based art has become mainstream in the gallery system.
Never before have we witnessed a wider net of artists from a multitude of backgrounds and nationalities but don't confuse the resulting art with criticality in method, technique, and thought. Sometimes it's there. Most often it's not. Traditionally, art is vetted by historians, critics, philosophers, and fellow artists. Unfortunately, too much art today is derivative but, nonetheless, gets a free pass. In the words of Donald Judd, "Young artists today treat art history like it were a toybox." This wasn't always the case.
When Mondrian picked Jackson Pollock out of a lineup of aspiring artists it was because Pollock's work was significant. The vetting of artists is often brutal and unforgiving, and sometimes motivated by jealousy and greed. Sometimes the system gets it wrong, as was the case with the photography of Francesca Woodman. No gallery was interested.
There's a reason why Jules Olitski and Jef Verheyen are not at the forefront of art history. Their work isn't about, "the message," and can sometimes be cloying and decorative, lacking in quality. It's often this way with artists. While young, the work is forceful and uncompromising but once artists have reached critical and economic success, they soften up on the quality. Shows and sales must be made. It's very rare to draw a line through an artist oeuvre that maintains excellence from beginning to end.
I would welcome a comprehensive retrospective of many artists on this list, including Jules Olitski and Jef Veryheyen. In today's political climate, however, MOMA won't be pursuing this project anytime soon. Much monochromatic art, starting with Rothko and Newman, invokes "the spiritual" as its core, so much so that it's conventional at this point. Some would say that the spiritual in art is contrived. For the most part, I agree. Gradient or not, I shrug my shoulders. We need less conventional thinking and more singularity. It's difficult but great art has always been difficult.
At the moment, my bet is on Loie Hollowell. She doesn't use the gradient as a conventional tool for spiritual calm and enlightenment. She uses the gradient as tool for investigating female sexuality. Hollowell's work is especially prescient in post-Trump America, where female bodies are increasingly becoming owned by the state.
The gradient is a sub group of colour field?
Thanks you very much for sharing ypur knowledge
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Next trend will be solid colors.
Nature has the best gradients, check the sky at anytime. Like the matrix it is everywhere 🌈. Great subject, even your furry friend found it interesting . ❤
What about Leon Berkowitz, Mark Rothko, Ettore Spalletti, Peter Alexander, Etc.. Etc…
The lazier it is, the more modern it is. In the world of marketing and maximized shareholder value, agile painting development trumps quality
Some of these artists you could call op-artists. I am somewhat unconvinced. Some of James Turrell's work with light looks almost identical to Wang Guangle's ink/paint works. I accept the real world experience will be different but it illustrates the artistic straitjacket in which these artists work. I do find many of them calming but in many ways dull and polite.
You mentioned Brian Eno and I assumed he was the same Brian Eno as the musician who seems to specialise in ambient music. Figures, these are ambient paintings. I was reading somewhere pink prison cells can calm a violent prisoner down but after 20 minutes it will start sending the prisoner nuts. I feel the apocryphal prisoner's pain.
That said, my preferences are for punk-ish expressionist imagery and the work of some conceptual artists but by no means all. I suppose I am probably the wrong audience for these artists. Not all the jig-saw pieces fit as the saying goes but a very interesting video which has increased my awareness of what is going on..
‘Exploration of light and color…reflection, refraction…’
In the first ten here… most have a meaning to what they are doing while often adopting unique materials as well.
It isn’t like suddenly coming across a spray booth and finding it just cool. Please correct me if I am wrong… overall their approaches simply used what turns out to be gradient hue application to work in their interested space as an artist.
And people must like it… and collect it?
Gradients, as you show, are in so many things… abstract versions as early indigenous weaving and beadwork exist as well… often to communicate nature and deeper, spiritual fractal worlds…not seen by everyone.
‘Psychedelic’ artworks carry gradients as well… due to the accessing other levels of consciousness… and whatever else😜
In the end, for works to stand in quality, growing, contemporary Art… it is evident from this… that there is more involved than just a spray paint can and enthusiasm.
Thank you. Pieter Vermeersch, Shen Chen, and Lee Ufan I appreciate overall.
Much appreciation to you and Perrier for your commitment to great communication and presentation.Great to see you.
Take good care. Sincerely, Janet
This is timely. I was discussing with my curator earlier today about gradients and background colours.
This is really interesting. Exactly what I’ve been doing in my tapestry art.
Can some please explain in layman terms how color gradient can investigate the dynamics of human agency and self deterniancy within built and virtual spaces
Great selection! Very nice choice of subject. Would love to see one about monochrome painting. Many thanks for the good work. Cheers!
And…. Jimi Gleason
Your doggie likes your talk as much as I do, great presentation ❤
Grading also has been used in houses. Interior design
Some of these descriptions towards these simple gradients are wild.
Google " unsigs "
gradient lovers won't regret it 🎨
Very useful video this helps me to develop my art style while discovering new artists especially Belgians.
Should art follow trends? It’s a dirty word. Maybe “movement” is less gross 🤢 (or tendency, pattern, style, school…) “Trend” insinuates fashion, commerciality , superficiality. Unfortunately that’s how many artists and galleries think these days. Its all about the money…
The gradient is often just a side-effect of depth, contour, shape, light and shade, using several colours in one brushstroke…
And can we talk about the massive male/female imbalance of the list of contemporary artists at the end? Seriously? Aren’t we past all that? Evidently not 😢
I love your videos they help so much!
I am a sound artist and I would love to see videos about non sight space art! How to format an artist portfolio outside of the painting sculpture realm… It would be great!