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[IBC] using repaired pots
Hi Lynn.
On Horst's pot that looks cracked, we seem to agree on what the potter intended & accomplished in the pot's form-- an excellently-constructed and a detailed, realistic rendition of a broken pot. You recognize his intention additionally as a link between "fragile beauty & vulnerability," which a potter would know well through pot breakage and which has a crosslink to the ever vanquishing beauty of seasonal display in bonsai. Okay, I get it. The pot withstands close reading. It carries a full-blown visual essay, which begs comparing the cracks in their array of different forms. Do you want to turn the pot around, as I do, to see if & how HH managed even additional cracks? I'm intrigued by the crack crafting. What is being blurred is replacing a functional container with potential for quiet simplicity &/or elegance with a disquieting pot. If you've got to focus on the pot's visual elements (cracks that could be real) to appreciate its craft & perhaps even 'read' into the pot an intellectual analogy (re' fragile beauty & vulnerability) to appreciate it, how effective is it in presenting its content (the plant)? You don't visualize the container with a plant in your description, Lynn-- perhaps because adding a plant would be superflous or redundant to the "poignancy (fragile beauty & vulnerability)" you see in the pot-itself. Maybe I don't get it... :-( Horst pot without a planting says enough, but then it is acting as an okimono & not a bonsai companion plant pot. You and Horst produce art with incredible talent. The challenges of communicating aesthetically as well as overcoming craft barriers such as convincingly replicating a crack must occur often. The convincing replication of a cracked pot is a craft challenge that is well met by Horst. Luis sees the pot as a container which is elevated by "embodiment of the artist's intent & craft." I see the artist's engagement of the viewer away from the container's content (a plant) as dysfunctional if drawing-off poignancy from the planting. Of course, it doesn't have to "interpreted" classicly. The pot could dominate. This begins to deconstruct the narratives supporting classical bonsai as art-- not unlike D. Bull's "Burnt Forest" styling. Best wishes, Chris ************************************************** ****************************** ++++Sponsored, in part, by Lisa Kanis++++ ************************************************** ****************************** -- The IBC HOME PAGE & FAQ: http://www.internetbonsaiclub.org/ -- +++++ Questions? Help? e-mail +++++ |
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