One of my favorite things to google is 'artists who make ugly art'. The main reason for this is that I like seeing what everyone's opinion is on what ugly art really is. I frequently see articles that talk about artists who are challenging the typical ideals of beauty and one in particular talked about Laura Owens. The image that drew me in was on painting of random swipes of neon paint over a magazine article with a picture of Garfield the cat in the middle. My immediate reaction was not that the art was ugly, but that it was not particularly 'good' or interesting. I headed over to her website to see what the rest of her work looked like and I was shocked to see pieces that I actually liked. I definitely would not call her art ugly. It is messy but that is her intention (i'm assuming). I feel like I say this about most artists but I love her use of color. The first thing I'm drawn to in a piece is usually the color scheme and she understands color theory pretty well. Her work reminds me of work I have attempted to do in the past but have not executed well. I did not expect to like her art or be inspired by any of her pieces after researching her but now I want to go back and try making more abstract expressionist pieces.
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June 2018
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