Art, retard, hasard

Temporalités

卷:24

关键词: Chance;    empty times;    visual arts;    creation;    serendipity;    delay;   

DOI  :  10.4000/temporalites.3534

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

In some poïetic narratives, artists in their perceptive experience happen upon a solution to an artistic problem when they least expect it and in unexpected places, after a time of emptiness due to a delay or unwanted circumstance. From Leonardo da Vinci to the surrealist painter Max Ernst, we analyze the relations between those empty times – of various psychological and circumstantial sorts – that immediately follow and have the capacity of seizing an unforeseen opportunity and integrating it into their artistic approach. A stylistic and dramatic turn to better highlight the fertile moment of serendipity? A rhetoric of irony that turns a dreary period into a moment of intense creativity? A much-needed rest to better sharpen the awareness that ensues? Or a dive into a visually-rich unconscious, that sometimes finds mind-boggling solutions? These empty moments, whatever their contents, probably play a much greater part than it appears in the serendipitous approach of number of artists. So, even if we exclude sanctifying their activity, we can consider their seemingly empty times as holding the promise of artistic serendipity.

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