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I recently aqcuired a print of Richard T. Scott’s “The Time Traveller’s Wife” from Fine Art America.
Perhaps there is a small lack of beautiful things in my house; I want there to be more beautiful things around.
If money can buy beautiful and uplifting things, why do we spend it on junk? Human nature…give me the shiney objects!
I found a shiney object at Target the other day; it was on clearance because nobody wanted it. It was a metal nautilus shell.
This is kindor what the metal Nautilus Shell that I bought looks like (minus the crazy stand).
The Nautilus shell is a symbol of divinity and beauty. It’s structure employs a logorythmic spiral which has the golden ratio proportions. Although this particular metal Nautilus shell is pretty tacky looking, I was nevertheless excited to find a clearance item that all at once symbolizes profundity and implies mathematics, geometry, order, proportion, and logic. In some way, I felt that I had found a treasure, but it was only a treasure to me and the lucky few who had the gnostic knowledge to unlock the secrets of the Nautilus shell. Maybe I could take this neglected clearance item as a sign of some larger trend in culture? Is America getting to a point where its people can not recognize the significance of objects? Or is this shell just something so ugly and kitchy that only an artist and nerd could love it?
Get to know Richard T. Scott
Born in Georgia. A real Southern gent.
I stumbled across Richard T. Scott a couple years ago, and I have been following him ever since. Not only is his work skillful, thought-provoking, and beautiful, but the artist himself is fascinating, witty, and intelligent. His vocabulary is Aristotelian, he references the greats of art history and is familiar with philosophy (in fact he is an “amateur”–in the sense of lover of something–Aesthetic Philosopher).
This is an hour long spotlight interview with Richard T. Scott. I highly recommend watching this documentary; it will give you hope, it will inspire you if you are an artist yourself. He gives insights into the contemporary art market and where art is going. He tells his story and gives his viewpoint, which I find to be on the traditional side, but without being snobby, stuffy, or ideological.
https://www.innomind.org/richard-t-scott-artist-spotlight-new-york-2013/
Also check out his website and follow him on Facebook. He enjoys stirring up debate through incendiary remarks (sometimes he will simply post two paintings of the same thing by master artists and ask which is better and why) .
