Comments on: Todd Ford http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/03/21/todd-ford/ Thu, 20 Nov 2008 11:24:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Manuel Morgado http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/03/21/todd-ford/#comment-487871 Manuel Morgado Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:07:45 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/03/21/todd-ford/#comment-487871 Very cool art and original. I love it! Very cool art and original. I love it!

]]> By: oakling http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/03/21/todd-ford/#comment-362445 oakling Tue, 25 Mar 2008 21:18:55 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/03/21/todd-ford/#comment-362445 I love oversaturation, personally :) I do see the artificiality of it too, but I like the implied parallel between the curvy, lit-up way he paints the fabric and the shiny curves of the liquids that would normally be pouring into a bottle. I love oversaturation, personally :) I do see the artificiality of it too, but I like the implied parallel between the curvy, lit-up way he paints the fabric and the shiny curves of the liquids that would normally be pouring into a bottle.

]]> By: Elijah Shifrin http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/03/21/todd-ford/#comment-362376 Elijah Shifrin Tue, 25 Mar 2008 19:42:14 +0000 http://www.linesandcolors.com/2008/03/21/todd-ford/#comment-362376 It's not the first time I hear artists fascinated by the jars and drapery series. In my reviews of Todd Ford's work I deliberately avoided these paintings -- they are not to my personal taste, I prefer the broken glass pieces and the toys. I think that because there are so many soft and curved lines, the compositions overflow, as the overabundance of curves makes them over saturated and very difficult to process visually. Everything is round and smooth, there nothing to fix the eye on! In simple words, perhaps there is just too much monotony here. Maybe if the jars were less round -- or broken --it would appear less monotonous to me, but then these would be different paintings. Another thing that bothers me with this series is that the compositions are too artificial, just too made up. They are the antithesis to the "real" and "edgy" broken glass pieces. These judgments are of course mere subjective interpretations. Elijah Shifrin P.S. Thanks for the link mr. Parker. (If I may to point to the link in the blogroll, I think there has been some mistake in the address). It’s not the first time I hear artists fascinated by the jars and drapery series. In my reviews of Todd Ford’s work I deliberately avoided these paintings — they are not to my personal taste, I prefer the broken glass pieces and the toys.

I think that because there are so many soft and curved lines, the compositions overflow, as the overabundance of curves makes them over saturated and very difficult to process visually. Everything is round and smooth, there nothing to fix the eye on! In simple words, perhaps there is just too much monotony here. Maybe if the jars were less round — or broken –it would appear less monotonous to me, but then these would be different paintings.

Another thing that bothers me with this series is that the compositions are too artificial, just too made up. They are the antithesis to the “real” and “edgy” broken glass pieces.

These judgments are of course mere subjective interpretations.

Elijah Shifrin

P.S. Thanks for the link mr. Parker. (If I may to point to the link in the blogroll, I think there has been some mistake in the address).

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