{"id":1775,"date":"2010-06-11T22:24:38","date_gmt":"2010-06-12T05:24:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp\/2010\/06\/how_to_paint\/"},"modified":"2010-06-11T22:24:38","modified_gmt":"2010-06-12T05:24:38","slug":"how_to_paint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/2010\/06\/how_to_paint.html","title":{"rendered":"Ten enduring imperatives of painting"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. Activate figure\/ground relationships.<\/b><\/p>\n

Jennifer Mao<\/a> Figure Ground
<\/i>
\"jennifermaofiggrnd.jpg\"2. <\/b><\/a>Subvert verisimilitude.<\/b><\/p>\n

Glenn
\nLigon<\/a> Malcolm X<\/i> (small version 1) #1, 2001; painting; paint and
\nscreen print on primed canvas, 48 in. x 36 in. (Image via<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"glennligonmalcomx.jpg\"3. No line unchallenged.<\/b><\/p>\n

Sigmar Polke, Over the Rainbow<\/i>, 2006 (obit here<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"sigmarpolkerainbw.jpg\"4. No dead edges.<\/b><\/p>\n


<\/a><\/div>\n

Andrew Dadson<\/a>, Plank Lean Painting #2<\/i>, 2010.
\n(detail) Oil on canvas.
\n60 x 60 x 10 inches <\/p>\n

\"andrewdadsonedge.jpg\"5. Color needs a crew.<\/b><\/p>\n

Robert Ryman<\/a> (His white on white in white qualifies.) Ledger<\/i>, 1982. (Image via<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\"robertrymantate.jpg\"6. How carries what.<\/b> <\/p>\n

Mark Mumford<\/a>, Hold Still<\/i>, 2003
\nInk on paper <\/p>\n

\"markmumfordhold.jpg\"7. Ransack the past (be a chop shop).<\/b><\/p>\n

Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by
\nyear recedes before us. It eluded us then, but that’s no matter –
\ntomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms further… And one
\nfine morning –
\nSo we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into
\nthe past. <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby<\/i><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

John Currin<\/a><\/p>\n

<\/b>\"johncurrinsailb.jpg\"8.<\/b> Let ripe go rotten.<\/p>\n

Joan Snyder<\/a> Rain<\/i>, 2009
\noil, acrylic, burlap, seeds, paper mache, on linen
\n39″ x 54″<\/p>\n

\"joansnyderrain.jpg\"9. Like a thermos, contain heat without radiating it.<\/b><\/p>\n

Joy Garnett<\/a>, Explosion<\/i>, Black & Yellow
\n2009
\nOil on canvas
\n26″ x 32″<\/p>\n

\"joygarnettfire.jpg\"10. Flat out, flesh in.
<\/b>
Flesh is the reason oil paint was invented<\/i> –<\/b> DeKooning <\/div>\n

Byron Kim<\/a> Belly Painting (Red)<\/i> Oil and wax on linen,1993
\n10 x 8 x 5 inches<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\"bryonkimredbelly.jpg\"<\/div>\n
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1. Activate figure\/ground relationships. Jennifer Mao Figure Ground2. Subvert verisimilitude. Glenn Ligon Malcolm X (small version 1) #1, 2001; painting; paint and screen print on primed canvas, 48 in. x 36 in. (Image via) 3. No line unchallenged. Sigmar Polke, Over the Rainbow, 2006 (obit here) 4. No dead edges. Andrew Dadson, Plank Lean Painting #2, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-1775","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-uncategorized","7":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1775"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1775\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/anotherbb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}