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More on the Art of Critiquing Images

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Posted by Doug Dolde on November 25, 2007 at 12:45 AM
Can't find anything new to say about the flood of images arriving here everyday? Here is an easy solution. Just type in a 5 digit random number and out comes your critique !

http://www.pixmaven.com/phrase_generator.html?
Posted by Wim Reyns on November 25, 2007 at 6:00 AM
Although I am not a painter, I think that the optical suggestions of the sexual signifier notates the exploration of montage elements.
Posted by Bill Chambers on November 25, 2007 at 7:45 AM
Too funny! Now if they would just issue a dictionary along with the critiques! :biggrin:
Posted by Jasper Doest on November 25, 2007 at 9:00 AM
It's difficult to enter into this discussion because of how the iconicity of the facture endangers the devious simplicity of the substructure of critical thinking :confused:

HAHAHAHA :jump:
Posted by David Weber on November 25, 2007 at 12:44 PM
I agree/disagree with some of the things that have just been said, but the metaphorical resonance of the spatial relationships engenders the devious simplicity of a participation in the critical dialogue of the 90s. :rolleyes:
Posted by Richard Wong on November 25, 2007 at 2:36 PM
As an advocate of the Big Mac Aesthetic, I feel that the sublime beauty of the gesture brings within the realm of discourse the accessibility of the work.
Posted by Kerry Leibowitz on November 25, 2007 at 9:34 PM
Ahem. "With regard to the issue of content, the mechanical mark-making of the figurative-narrative line-space matrix spatially undermines the distinctive formal juxtapositions."

How can anyone argue with that?
Posted by Mark Hudon on November 26, 2007 at 1:38 PM
As an advocate of the Big Mac Aesthetic, I feel that the subaqueous qualities of the negative space seems very disturbing in light of the remarkable handling of ljght.
Posted by Pete D on November 26, 2007 at 7:01 PM
It should be added that the aura of the Egyptian motifs makes resonant the eloquence of these pieces.

Pete D.
Posted by Stan Rose on November 27, 2007 at 7:29 PM
"With regard to the issue of content, the disjunctive perturbation of the spatial relationships brings within the realm of discourse the distinctive formal juxtapositions."
Awesome! Im adding that to my repertoire :biggrin:
Posted by Varina Patel on March 30, 2011 at 12:17 PM
"Umm... the optical suggestions of the spatial relationships endangers the devious simplicity of the remarkable handling of ljght."

Yes. That's exactly what I was thinking.
Posted by Pete D on April 6, 2011 at 11:20 PM
Furthermore, I'm surprised that no one's mentioned yet that the optical suggestions of the facture makes resonant the exploration of montage elements.
Pete D.