'I liked the image a lot ... on a pure sensual level.
A great stew of depth and texture, light and dark. Just a darn nice photograph.
The texture conjured up impressions of human ash drifting down over Auschwitz (that was Schindler’s List wasn’t it?). I’m quite sure this was not the artist’s intent, but lucky for her, the image gets to ride on those powerfully emotional coattails. Desolation and despair.
I was drawn to its abstractness and mystery. I almost immediately unravelled the mystery (abandoned tires in a river or pond), and then it lost its appeal, and became a kind of urban chronicle of some kind and so lost its appeal. I still like it for its presentation, and I'm happy to see it mentioned.
I love this. Delicious to look at. Like chocolate donuts. mmmmm
I like the underwater feel of this (I suspect it is). Murky, mysterious and a little dark. '
and from the Alternative Fine Arts II judges...
'- The image that keeps on coming back to mind, and one I passed over for the more allegorical ones was The Negation. Brilliant b/w, so profound and meaningful, and even if you never saw a tire in your life, the composition and light are breathtaking.
- I must've looked at Negation 5-6 times. I even added onto my original comment and upped the score one point. If I could create a category for the image it would be "artistic presentation of a social statement." It is well done but almost bordering on photojournalism but with a romantic twist.
- The processing is done well here. While I adore ghostly underwater junk, feels like it needs some extra oomph in it -
something to up the tension - it's all vinegar and no oil.
- Perfect amount of oil for me-must like em bitter. I find tension in trying to get out of the picture, away from the debris, and getting led back in by the logs.
- Well it is nice and messy, but I still can't find a way in.
- I placed this at about 20 on my first pass and each subsequent pass it moved up. I am now comfortable with it in my top 3. I see tires and debris under water. The powerful objects demand that I look at them with their strong shapes and high contrast. I can easily follow them back and forth through the image while I try to make sense of it. Once useful objects now discarded debris. I want to ignore the wastefulness of humans. These objects are underwater. They should be more distant and vague. I should be able to push them back down-forget them. But I can't. '
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I've come back to this several times. Fine art? Hmmmm not sure, but that is so subjective. I think it speaks of our society in general and if that is commentary and makes us think, then art it is. I'm thinking contemporary more than 'fine' if that makes any sense at all.
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