Comments for Open Art Forum 艺术家论坛 http://openartforum.wordpress.com Open Art Forum is started for every art lovers. All comments, articles, publish of fine art activities are welcome. Kindly do not use the forum for offensive contents or to carry out personal attack. We wish the forum could develop into a site for all art lovers to share information and ideas. Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:07:45 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Kowloon Market Place, Hong Kong, Ng Woon Lam Watercolor by madhucc05 http://openartforum.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/kowloon-market-place-hong-kong-ng-woon-lam-watercolor/#comment-514 madhucc05 Tue, 04 Aug 2009 18:07:45 +0000 http://openartforum.wordpress.com/?p=110#comment-514 it's Amazing. it’s Amazing.

]]> Comment on Mini Painting Singapore Art Society 2009 小品画展 by ngwoonlam http://openartforum.wordpress.com/2009/05/13/mini-painting-singapore-art-society-2009-%e5%b0%8f%e5%93%81%e7%94%bb%e5%b1%95/#comment-513 ngwoonlam Wed, 13 May 2009 04:30:36 +0000 http://openartforum.wordpress.com/?p=104#comment-513 Conglats!! Conglats!!

]]> Comment on Tan Leong Kheng Watercolour Retrospetive 陈隆庆 水彩 挥笔的岁月 by balloonsflyhigh http://openartforum.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/tan-leong-kheng-watercolour-retrospetive-%e9%99%88%e9%9a%86%e5%ba%86-%e6%b0%b4%e5%bd%a9-%e6%8c%a5%e7%ac%94%e7%9a%84%e5%b2%81%e6%9c%88/#comment-512 balloonsflyhigh Fri, 01 May 2009 10:20:17 +0000 http://openartforum.wordpress.com/?p=98#comment-512 Chen laoshi is my primary 2 chinese teacher! I will be visiting his exhibition! Chen laoshi is my primary 2 chinese teacher! I will be visiting his exhibition!

]]> Comment on Tan Leong Kheng Watercolour Retrospetive 陈隆庆 水彩 挥笔的岁月 by ngwoonlam http://openartforum.wordpress.com/2009/04/09/tan-leong-kheng-watercolour-retrospetive-%e9%99%88%e9%9a%86%e5%ba%86-%e6%b0%b4%e5%bd%a9-%e6%8c%a5%e7%ac%94%e7%9a%84%e5%b2%81%e6%9c%88/#comment-511 ngwoonlam Thu, 09 Apr 2009 06:49:56 +0000 http://openartforum.wordpress.com/?p=98#comment-511 Wonderful watercolor show. Love his drawings and sketches too. So much energy and understanding of inner beauty of brushwork. <strong>非常喜欢陈先生的素描和水彩。 Conglats! 展出成功！！！</strong> Wonderful watercolor show. Love his drawings and sketches too.
So much energy and understanding of inner beauty of brushwork.

非常喜欢陈先生的素描和水彩。

Conglats! 展出成功！！！

]]> Comment on Malaysian Watercolour Society’s 5th Annual Exhibition 2009 at NN Gallery by ngwoonlam http://openartforum.wordpress.com/2009/03/22/malaysian-watercolour-societys-5th-annual-exhibition-2009-at-nn-gallery/#comment-510 ngwoonlam Fri, 27 Mar 2009 15:53:32 +0000 http://openartforum.wordpress.com/?p=91#comment-510 Conglats. Conglats.

]]> Comment on Impermanence Sheryl Luxenburg American Watercolor Society Gold Medal Issue by ngwoonlam http://openartforum.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/60/#comment-509 ngwoonlam Sat, 21 Feb 2009 02:36:45 +0000 http://openartforum.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-509 Thanks for your clarification. As an artist, I am happy to know AWS has made a strong decision and move against this issue. I always regard AWS shows and awards as the highest honor for watercolor artists. Many of us work very hard for entering the show every year. I truly appreciate the action taken. Thanks and best Wishes, Ng Woon Lam Thanks for your clarification. As an artist, I am happy to know AWS has made a strong decision and move against this issue. I always regard AWS shows and awards as the highest honor for watercolor artists. Many of us work very hard for entering the show every year. I truly appreciate the action taken.

Thanks and best Wishes,
Ng Woon Lam

]]> Comment on Impermanence Sheryl Luxenburg American Watercolor Society Gold Medal Issue by dondelachichi http://openartforum.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/60/#comment-508 dondelachichi Sat, 21 Feb 2009 00:30:48 +0000 http://openartforum.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-508 The AWS issued a statement that, in part, said: "Our prospectus clearly informs artists of these eligibility requirements which were designed to maintain high standards and to focus on originality. By establishing these requirements, the onus rests with the artists to ensure compliance with the rules set forth. Each artist is therefore free to accept or decline these conditions. When it was determined that Ms. Luxenburg’s entry violated our eligibility requirements, the AWS requested that our Gold Medal and prize money be returned. The Medal and prize money were returned, and Ms. Luxenburg has been disqualified from entering any future AWS exhibitions." The suspicion among many was that the "painting" was nothing more than a print on watercolor paper made on a giclee-type printer. The "artist" claimed orginally that her technique involves the application of innumerable small dots of color, applied under a magnifying lens. This, not surprisingly, is the same method by which an inkjet printer creates an image. The use of printers to apply images to watercolor paper and canvas has eroded the distinction between what constitutes an original work of art and what is mere applied skill. I know of one artist who adamantly insists that she "paints" when she uses the color picker in a Corel photo editing program. She even refers to the "brushes" she uses....which, of course, are merely one of the options in the photo editing program she uses to modify photos and call them paintings. Even if Luxenburg actually painted this image, it's obvious that there was virtually no "art" in doing so. She merely duplicated what had already been created by others, and rearranging the parts and juxtaposing the two images did not elevate this picture to the level of an artistic achievement. The AWS issued a statement that, in part, said:
“Our prospectus clearly informs artists of these eligibility requirements which were designed to maintain high standards and to focus on originality.

By establishing these requirements, the onus rests with the artists to ensure compliance with the rules set forth. Each artist is therefore free to accept or decline these conditions.

When it was determined that Ms. Luxenburg’s entry violated our eligibility requirements, the AWS requested that our Gold Medal and prize money be returned. The Medal and prize money were returned, and Ms. Luxenburg has been disqualified from entering any future AWS exhibitions.”

The suspicion among many was that the “painting” was nothing more than a print on watercolor paper made on a giclee-type printer. The “artist” claimed orginally that her technique involves the application of innumerable small dots of color, applied under a magnifying lens. This, not surprisingly, is the same method by which an inkjet printer creates an image.

The use of printers to apply images to watercolor paper and canvas has eroded the distinction between what constitutes an original work of art and what is mere applied skill. I know of one artist who adamantly insists that she “paints” when she uses the color picker in a Corel photo editing program. She even refers to the “brushes” she uses….which, of course, are merely one of the options in the photo editing program she uses to modify photos and call them paintings.

Even if Luxenburg actually painted this image, it’s obvious that there was virtually no “art” in doing so. She merely duplicated what had already been created by others, and rearranging the parts and juxtaposing the two images did not elevate this picture to the level of an artistic achievement.

]]> Comment on Impermanence Sheryl Luxenburg American Watercolor Society Gold Medal Issue by ngwoonlam http://openartforum.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/60/#comment-477 ngwoonlam Thu, 01 Jan 2009 01:54:46 +0000 http://openartforum.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-477 Recently, there was a user, using fake name and email to write offensive comments. Please stop doing that. Please take note : Open Art Forum is for every art lovers. All comments, articles, publish of fine art activities are welcome. <strong>Kindly do not use the forum for offensive contents or to carry out personal attack.</strong> We wish the forum could develop into a site for all art lovers to share information and ideas. Therefore any offensive comment will not be published. We use this forum to help each other. Using it to attack people without basis is IRRESPONSIBLE. Best regards, Ng Woon Lam Recently, there was a user, using fake name and email to write offensive comments. Please stop doing that.

Please take note :

Open Art Forum is for every art lovers. All comments, articles, publish of fine art activities are welcome. Kindly do not use the forum for offensive contents or to carry out personal attack. We wish the forum could develop into a site for all art lovers to share information and ideas.

Therefore any offensive comment will not be published. We use this forum to help each other. Using it to attack people without basis is IRRESPONSIBLE.

Best regards,
Ng Woon Lam

]]> Comment on Impermanence Sheryl Luxenburg American Watercolor Society Gold Medal Issue by Laurie http://openartforum.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/60/#comment-444 Laurie Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:43:23 +0000 http://openartforum.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-444 One final comment, if this is truly a watercolor I find it pathetic, sad and unethical that she has to copy from what she does not consider "Art Work" simple because they are photographs yet they are good enough for her to make her "art work". Sad, really just so sad. One final comment, if this is truly a watercolor I find it pathetic, sad and unethical that she has to copy from what she does not consider “Art Work” simple because they are photographs yet they are good enough for her to make her “art work”. Sad, really just so sad.

]]> Comment on Impermanence Sheryl Luxenburg American Watercolor Society Gold Medal Issue by Laurie http://openartforum.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/60/#comment-443 Laurie Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:18:33 +0000 http://openartforum.wordpress.com/?p=60#comment-443 I've seen photo realistic images before, I've seen artist use their own photos to paint from. Clearly she used these two images but I doubt that the final image is a painting, if it is then there is no part of her in them. Every aspect that I have looked at is exact to the photo, the man was lighten and color corrected, the door was flipped, cropped and contrast was added all of which can be done in photoshop. From these images on here, it's difficult to see any changes to the "painting" such as a hair that is going a different direction then in the photo, there is no interpretation on the part of the artist here and I find it hard to believe that anyone that is painting an image does not change a little bit of what they are painting and adding that bit of flair that makes it their own. I will be very surprised if the AWS comes back with a statement that this is a watercolor and not a enhanced photographic giclee image. I’ve seen photo realistic images before, I’ve seen artist use their own photos to paint from. Clearly she used these two images but I doubt that the final image is a painting, if it is then there is no part of her in them. Every aspect that I have looked at is exact to the photo, the man was lighten and color corrected, the door was flipped, cropped and contrast was added all of which can be done in photoshop. From these images on here, it’s difficult to see any changes to the “painting” such as a hair that is going a different direction then in the photo, there is no interpretation on the part of the artist here and I find it hard to believe that anyone that is painting an image does not change a little bit of what they are painting and adding that bit of flair that makes it their own. I will be very surprised if the AWS comes back with a statement that this is a watercolor and not a enhanced photographic giclee image.

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