Called rolling hills but noquote from neil at beginning:
re Van Gogh starry night
’you Know what I like about starry night? It’s not what Van Gogh saw that night. It’s what he felt.’
The above said in measured momentous tones with knowing emphasis on felt.
JR bless him does [not let this pass ‘how do you know what he felt?
neil seems a little perturbed by the question his answer is:
’because this is not a representation of reality And anything that deviates from reality is reality filtered through your senses and I think art at its highest is exactly that. If this was an exact depiction of reality it would be a photograph and I don’t need the artist.’
JR ‘oh okay’
neil: ‘so, è ven photographs that take you to a slightly other dimension as you gaze upon them it’s more than what was actually going on at the time and that’s art taken to the craft of photography,
JR ‘and that’s why you like it?’
neil
That’s one of the reasons why. I think it was the very first painting where its title is the background. Think about that This could have been called oh you know obviously in the full painting, this is a snippet
JR
A TOWN
NEILL
YEAH THERE’s A TOWN THERE THERE’s A CYPRESS TREE there is a church steeple. It could have been called cypress tree. It could have been called sleepy village it could have been
calld rollin hills
bur no it’s called starry night and everything in front of it everything in front of it is just in the way. How often do you paint something where the title is the background. That’s my point and in this particular case the background is the universe and so for me this was a pivot point in art and this was 1889 which is recent given the history of paintings that go all the way back. So yeah
JR Is that your favourite painting ever
neil. I have to say yes
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