Literally highlighting parts of the painting was so helpful. I was blind, now I see.

@pippincovington1348

8 жыл бұрын

+Mārtiņš Rozenbergs my exact thought

@martinsrozenbergs9692

8 жыл бұрын

I am happy for your likes. Thank you

@theemperor2017

5 жыл бұрын

I'm still blind. Lol 😉

@abhisheksoni2980

5 жыл бұрын

Miro. He sees.

@unsaturated8482

4 жыл бұрын

honestly , anime panels are much better with more details. why should we have method to analyze a painting it should already throw the information what it wants to convey right in our face. This is pure evil crap or an excellent buisness idea for those dumb useless painters who cant do the things japanese

it's interesting how there are painting out there being sold for $40 at a pawnshop, then years later someone finds out it's a Picasso, and suddenly it's worth millions. It is the same painting nobody cared about before, but now it is a masterpiece. It's all so subjective.

@kaliyuga1476

7 жыл бұрын

JAFO-PTY who cares?

@JAFOpty

7 жыл бұрын

Alejandro Reguera Diaz what an insightful and though provoking argument, thanks for sharing.

@dannyboy12357

7 жыл бұрын

it all comes down to what you like, pay no attention to the price tags.

@kaliyuga1476

7 жыл бұрын

JAFO-PTY Another fact good about Picasso is that he is from the best part of the world

@jeremycariboo6770

7 жыл бұрын

Perhaps we we like to know that the artist who painted the piece was original in their works, and so it adds a degree of authenticity. Its not the empirical answer I think you wanted, but your not going to get that with any art. We derive the meaning, and the value of art based on the art itself, (not a matter of rarity or supply/demand) and knowing that Picasso was the one who painted it adds something to it. We could make a parallel with literature if we think of works written by plato compared with a random blogger. Something about plato that is much more satisfying, even though they could touch on the same topics.

What Picasso meant in that quote "It takes me 4 years to paint like Rafael, but a lifetime to paint like a child" is something all artist of different genres and disciplines tried to achieve as their final ultimate goal. Let me elaborate on what that means : When you start in your art, whether it be creating and drawing, or making music, or dancing, we etc... You have no directions but then you learn skills in your craft. Then you get to be better and more complex. At this stage your music now have all these different sounds melodies chords Bass, etc.. so you reaching to be at the peak of your complexity. Culmination of everything you learn. This is my equivalent of realism art, highly detailed textures, shades, etc... But then you get beyond that, and what is beyond that? I want you to imagine Thelonius Monk at his peak playing jazz FREESTYLE and what you hear is perfect. Not in the sense of most complex melodies, but the other opposite! Now what you hear is really simple notes and melodies BUT it's played at the right time. Just enough for you to feel full emotions of the music without unnecessary complexity. Basically maximizing effectiveness doing the least. Like Jimi Hendrix just strike one chord strumming but let it reverberate perfectly and sonically before interweaving into the next note. All while freestyling. This peak level is what I also call IN THE ZONE. Or the x factor. When an artist at his mastery playing perfectly beautiful music by maximizing the complexity of emotions but using the simplest of technique (or so it seems) What I'm trying to say is a child is pure, it doesn't have biased, it's free, so the emotion is raw. Also because a child is still inexperience it will be simple. And that is the ultimate form of art, expression. Art like Life comes full circle, so the challenge of a Master is not complexity. Is to be able to show his skills and it's complexity but able to bring it back to that child like wonder. To capture the essence of a child pure emotion and simplicity but actually was a work of a Master. I still don't know if I make any sense haha, but that's my 2cents on it. Being an artist myself.

@ihunterx59

4 жыл бұрын

This makes sense for me as an admirer for Hans Zimmer , he said something similiar when he described the The Dark Knight's score composed with two notes a powerful composition i reckon so yeah i agree that simplicity is the purest form of expression and the apotheosis that an artist could ever reach.

@michaelmeara6776

4 жыл бұрын

Its like john wick using a pencil to kill 3 men

@Vunomic

4 жыл бұрын

@@michaelmeara6776 he is not the babayaga, he is the man you've sent to kill the fucking babayaga

@simspropst155

4 жыл бұрын

god dam you wrote a whole ass essay

@san5a89

4 жыл бұрын

as a musician I can see a great significance in this and it's the direction I'm going now as time goes by. art (music, painting or an other form) is an expression of what we understand but also of what we feel in our lives. hence the circular process of life has to influence the production of an artist (if he is true)

"Maybe this is why the boat floats in a weird no-man's-land..." me frantically looking back up at the picture: "There's a boat in there?!"

@fireblxze1531

3 жыл бұрын

fr i still dont see the boat

@zeeshanhazari

3 жыл бұрын

@@fireblxze1531 both the man are standing on it

@paradisesomeday6630

2 жыл бұрын

Oh frick. I think maybe it’s that kinda light green thing they’re on.

@YH-et6ym

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that was me with the moths

I would like say that all the people in the comments are right about what this piece means, both the one who says it's deep, intellectual and the one who says it's just two dudes fishing. A painting is a work of ones life and his experiences, it's representation. So what the artist truly wanted to say can never be on point without him actually saying it to the point. So what we "see" is what we want to see, the meaning, is a reflection of your own life. It can be profound or simple, disturbing or pleasant, it can be anything. It will not be same as someone else because everyone is unique with their experiences, so one doesn't need to argue with others perspective just because it doesn't match yours. In the end, what's the TRUE meaning behind this painting?..it's the one you give it. :)

@hawk0485

8 жыл бұрын

+Kesh ART What makes this piece special, if you can find anything you want in it? I don't get it. If I was in a room with 10 paintings and only one was the work of a master artist, how can I tell which one it is? I have to be able to tell somehow, otherwise it's all just a pretend game covering up blind admiration for status. I would honestly like to know how you decide, who is prolific and amazing and who is not worth a second glance. Can you explain it to me please?

@KeshArt

8 жыл бұрын

+hawk0485 I had that same question for a long time so i could relate to how you feel. To keep it really simple, it differs from person to person. I personally, choose the one where the artist had honestly expressed himself rather than trying to impress other. For me, it really shows joy. Most people judge art based on technicality and mastery, which is fine and is probably the reason the art argument exists. Let tell you a story, a couple of weeks back I saw a 3 year old kid scribbling its heart out on a piece of paper.It was just scribble but I found that drawing far more intriguing than the most "masterworks".

@hawk0485

8 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I appreciate your time. I can relate to what you say, but I think it is not all relative. By using that story, you assume that I will be able to relate to it and I am able to relate to it. So there is some universal experience inherent in that story. Shouldn't then art be judged by how well it is able to communicate a very specific idea or emotion across a universal audience. I mean, what really makes Michelangelo great is the fact that his work can engage any audience from any time period and any culture without needing any context. Would you agree on such a standard? A standard of universal appeal?

@KeshArt

8 жыл бұрын

+hawk0485 My pleasure, Im really enjoying this conversation. It is just me who judges art based on expression and I also favor technically sound art because of the fact that I respect the work ethic and the discipline that goes behind it, to achieve that level of mastery. Your question got me thinking and I have to say that a "Standard" is indeed necessary. It give a set of qualities for people to think upon. But should all art be judged based on just that standard? I would say no. I think Einsteins quote would give you a good reason for this answer "Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” In that sense, If you judge Piccaso with the standards of Michelangelo or Davinci, then Picasso had it wrong on so many levels.But its just my perspective though :)

@KeshArt

8 жыл бұрын

+hawk0485 I personally beleive that my life's worth depends on the impact that I leave behind. So my final statement would be that I completely agree with what you say, art should strive to be timeless to preserve what makes us. But I would also like to add that more the artist approaches his art with this goal in mind, the more he will miss it. Just my personal experience.

This video is unreal. Extremely good.

@lmarizTV

8 жыл бұрын

+Andre Pilli Opa, André. Você por aqui. Haha. E sim, o vídeo é bem legal.

@icd.f44.9

8 жыл бұрын

É um dos melhores canais!

@JCMcGee

8 жыл бұрын

+Andre Pilli : Yup...it's a brilliant video (and painting. I'm living in south Vietnam right now and I can step outside my door at night and watch men doing just what the men in this picture are doing.....night fishing. They have funny little round blue coracles here, one of very few places outside the Celtic world that makes coracles....I'd never seen this painting before though I had been to a few picasso museums and exhibitions....so it kinda has a weird poignancy....I'm off to watch the fishermen.

@DalilaMiguel

7 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot for recommend this channel! amo seus vídeos :D

@OnlineAlbatross

7 жыл бұрын

jimmy that comment was wonderful. fun and humorous while also pretty heartfelt. nice

I'm sure even Picasso would be surprised that his painting became so meaningful 😂

@Beraksekebon21

3 жыл бұрын

Picasso : wtf is this guy talking about ,i'm just tryna doodle leave me alone

@p3el_

3 жыл бұрын

@@Beraksekebon21 lmfao, basically everyone is "this is deep" kind of people. Its just a doodle guys, nothing is deep about this.

@abdulazizmath9134

3 жыл бұрын

@@p3el_ debatable

@nononono3421

3 жыл бұрын

@@abdulazizmath9134 as we could debate about anyone's doodle, but we don't, it's all peer pressure, borne of out of others having decided for us long ago what had value and what didn't.

@TheLJShow-ys8wr

3 жыл бұрын

@@nononono3421 Not necessarily, you can find meaning in anything in your sense.

Could you do van Gogh?

@Mutantcy1992

7 жыл бұрын

Only if he pronounces it right

@aaylayasser3717

5 жыл бұрын

He's done Van Gogh

@fabiomino3506

4 жыл бұрын

Susannah Page how do u pronounce it

@kshitijbenedict8431

4 жыл бұрын

@@fabiomino3506 van Goff, or vhan cock, or something dutch

@sakanablesakanable

4 жыл бұрын

Only if he mentions his cutting of ears

There aren't that many youtubers that criticize paintings, you honestly stand out.

@MrMonshez

8 жыл бұрын

+SuperJelbo seems to me like he's depicting it not necessarily criticizing

@dailywork2046

8 жыл бұрын

+SuperJelbo what about the Red face/eye looking thing at the top middle part of the painting? Just to the left of the "moon-or-gas-lamp"?

@florance333

5 жыл бұрын

Critique*

@still_your_zelda

7 ай бұрын

@@MrMonshez critique doesn't necessarily mean its bad, its breaking something down into parts to analyze it. There are traces of "good" and "bad" in every piece of art. :)

'Hey look at this funny painting I drew of fishermen!-Picasso probably.

@user-bu9vd7zg5e

8 жыл бұрын

+Joffrey Lannister *Joffrey Baratheon Or Joffrey Waters technically.

@rasenderroland8643

8 жыл бұрын

+Alexander Demkin I doubt it

@davidmb1595

8 жыл бұрын

+Alexander Demkin That my be right, but there are so many reasons to believe art has a deeper meaning, that i just can't give any credit to these kind of statements.

@alexsdemkin

8 жыл бұрын

Rarity Sparkle While im joking here, I saw this study where they showed painting made my apes to art experts while pretending it was from an unknown artist and they raved about its deep meanings and talent.

@davidmb1595

8 жыл бұрын

Alexander Demkin Yeah, I saw something similar and I get your point now.

To all the people who are saying nerdwriter1 is reading too much, and that Picasso perhaps meant nothing much in this painting-Picasso himself said to somebody who told him this exact thing , that just because she doesn't know Mandarin, doesn't mean the language is meaningless, but rather its because she is ignorant. Hope you guys remember that. Art is a language and it ALWAYS MEANS something ,whether consciously expressed as in Expressionism or unconsciously as in surrealism

@Ads-C

7 жыл бұрын

"Art is a language and it ALWAYS MEANS something" Why do you think that? If someone who doesn't speak mandarin writes something in the language, then the only "meaning" for it will be that they thought it was pretty. Trying to draw such far-reaching conclusions from the painting of someone you think didn't even know what he was doing is just a waste of time.

@HOVNA

7 жыл бұрын

If you write Mandarin .. you KNOW Mandarin. If not you are just copying what you see without context. Just like you copying a painting not knowing why it is the way it is not really an artistic expression. As an art student myself I can tell you.... The unconscious meanings in your art are always more powerful than the ones you tried to force on people. Drawing, painting impulsively .. its not like smashing your keyboard. You HAVE to think about what you draw and how you draw it even if you have no idea what it will be. It always comes from a place in your mind, a memory, your current feeling, your fears, your surroundings. Sometimes the things in my art I didn't see come out when I look at it a year later when my mind is clear. Because I thought the situation trough and got over it and only now I really see what was drawn and why.

@philipmonteverde224

7 жыл бұрын

"Picasso said...just because she doesn't know Mandarin, doesn't mean the language is meaningless." That could either be a brilliant insight, or a clever bit of marketing by Picasso to make people take more seriously the work of Picasso.

@dannyboy12357

7 жыл бұрын

Agreed, but I can teach myself mandarin quite effectively. How does one learn the language of Picasso or even some unknown artist?

@HOVNA

7 жыл бұрын

The same way. Learn the language of visual art.

I really love Picasso's blue period. It's so emotional and raw, the paintings can be overwhelming. It's depression painted beautifully...

If Picasso was alive, he would probably say , "what is this guy rambling on about? I was drunk at the time." Still great video though.

@adityashukla2635

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@finnthehumanboy8812

3 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

@highmehparonda169

3 жыл бұрын

True

@yahyawiab1423

3 жыл бұрын

yes hhhh

@Apollo_Blaze

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly.

your appreciation for art is infectious

@paulines2604

7 жыл бұрын

woah hi, i like your videos

@moeed5554

6 жыл бұрын

I like your comment.

In those 8 minutes and 10 seconds I learned more about Pablo Picasso than in months of art class. Excellent content, keep on with what you're doing! Thank you.

Picasso's instinct was to paint as a child for a child is innocent and unknowing of the world and its surroundings. To reach deep within to his child-like state was to express the innocence and purity of a child untouched by worry, grief, solitude, and hardship. The free flowing lines in a carefree motion was exemplary of his later works. His abstracts hold a special meaning delighting many a child and those with a child-like instinct, his paintings represent what is pure and simple in life yet gives the viewer a glimpse into his childhood.

@goodtutt4733

Жыл бұрын

It does look like a child’s scribbling. Why you would want to look at it is mind boggling to me.

I'm disappointed to see all of the dismissive comments, especially given that this channel is dedicated to the sort of intellectualizing being derided. Regardless of whether you agree or not with his conclusions, the way he thinks about art is interesting and worthy of consideration. The guide he sets out applies to any work of art, beautiful or ugly, pretentious or humble, ancient or modern. Having said that, I personally drew slightly different conclusions based on the work and I'd love to hear what the Nerdwriter himself has to say. Foremost for me is the tension between the intimate and mundane subject matter and the physical scale of the work. As you said, this work is huge, on the scale of history paintings like "Death of General Wolfe". But I saw the subject matter as intimate and pedestrian, thus setting up this tension between form and content. Combined with the anecdote about how Picasso himself witnessed such scenes while strolling along the river, and it appears to me like Picasso is trying to capture the mundane at the same level as prior artists (and himself cf. Guernica) tried to capture the epic. Perhaps it is a last gasp of normality and calm before all that is blown up by tanks and antiaircraft guns as WWII starts. Also, could you provide references to the research you used for the work? I'd love to read what scholars in the field have to say about the work as well.

Absolutely BRILLIANT interpretation, I am a bit surprised you didn't even mention the 4 pronged fishing spear. In traditional art and mythology the spear is always represented by 3 prongs. Picasso must have known this. Fisherman also use 3 pronged spears, so why the 4 prongs? I have a theory. Maybe each prong represents a person in the painting.Or Maybe each prong represents: Spain, Italy, Germany, and Japan, and the Fish they are 'about' to kill represents...

@ashwingeorge1678

8 жыл бұрын

Nice , but I wonder how he would have known about the axis countries when Japan and Italy joined the war and the axis only later

@littlemissbasic8158

7 жыл бұрын

It's rude to write an artists work off as a lazy or whimsical accident. Don't you think the people that spend time making beautiful and meaningful art would want people to analysis their work and really try to appreciate and understand the messages, context and effort that went into conceiving and creating it? And if you don't and you're one of those people that thinks over analysis is a pretentious hipster past time (or whatever your aversion to this discussion was) then why were you even here on a video about analysing art to begin with?

@comedyforage

7 жыл бұрын

***** He did, just not to this level. Why paint them otherwise? Do you really think great art sells just so rich people can feel clever?

@comedyforage

7 жыл бұрын

He'd have seen the fishermen.

@shplangy

7 жыл бұрын

tforeignguy, Every piece of art has meaning. That's what makes it art. It doesn't exist in a vacuum.

I recently discovered this channel and it instantly flew up in my top 10 best youtube channel. Great content.

Loved it! In particular, the first 36 seconds are absolutely brilliant. They almost draw you into the video and make you want to stick around for more.

This is so cool! I never take the time to usually dissect a Picaso painting because I'm usually put off by the weird, warped shapes, but this helps me appreciate him more

It really felt like you were over reaching on this one. How could anyone discern world war 2, death of picasso's mother, mistresses and wives, etc, from this painting? At best they are assumptions. What irks me most is that Picasso isn't some Renaissance painter. He lived in the 1930's. Did no one just simply ask the guy what the painting meant?

@stiglarsen543

8 жыл бұрын

look at Google

@rioleo533

8 жыл бұрын

+Prince Blake You can tell he started making up shit from minute 1:00 with the "hesitating to spear the fish" line.

@endah08

8 жыл бұрын

+Prince Blake That's how interpreting art works man, he backed up everything with a reason. You don't have to agree of course but he gave his view well.

@V.elociraptor

8 жыл бұрын

+Prince Blake Even if Picasso had been asked, his explanation wouldn't be the be all and end all. The value of art is in the personal experience and reaction. It's what you get out of it. Doesn't matter what the original intention was.

@Wingo537

8 жыл бұрын

When you define the meaning of your art you reduce it also.

These 5 steps for Image Analysis is the same process I am taught in art academy on how to read an image. Quality content on this channel

I get bored easily, but as soon as I start one of your videos, I have to watch it through. I've learned so much. Thanks for that.

For some reason, I always feel as though all those hidden messages are actually just a coincidence, and the works people always describe are really something else... But I'm probably just crazy

@IsaVarg

8 жыл бұрын

+DeltaGamer I'm a writer and when people have interpreted my poems and short stories, they've often found meanings I never intended to convey, so I completely agree with you.

@SBKWaffles

8 жыл бұрын

MSK SKM XD

@bennyjones1502

8 жыл бұрын

+DeltaGamer I would say that as an artist myself, I'd love for people to come up with their own interpretations of the art that I never intended... because I don't fully know myself anyway and maybe I was doing some things subconsciously. We all produce art under the influence of tons of things we don't even realize, experiences we've had throughout our lifetime. The best art reflects the vast experience we've had, and it sometimes does so even though we don't understand why.

I fucking hope one day people will stop being so SCARED of the word ART and the word MEANING. Because yeah, you can read into someone's work and not get it, but to say you're reading 'too much' into it - especially when it's a prolific and masterful artist- you deny the artist's whole internal monologue, thoughts, feelings. When you paint, when you dissect something, diagram it whatever, you don't just 'do it', you put some thought into it, or a lot. You make sketches after sketches, select the best elements, perfect your technique, spend countless nights thinking it's not good enough, it's shit, etc. And then you present it to people, you get feedback, you produce a reaction. Some will love it, will read into it, some will properly analyse it- if you're someone with a record of producing good work, for example- and the people not appreciative of art will look at it superficially and say "yeah it's cool" or "whatever I can draw that", completely forgetting that when someone painted that, they dedicated days or months to a single final piece of their work - it sounds stupid, and it is, but artists are too self-absorbed to not offer their inner world to people. I realise there are a shit ton of bad artists (whatever that means, I call them kitsch) out there and there are artists who do things like post-rationalising or reactionary art, but don't dismiss anyone for creating, looking at or into art. And I use art in the widest term possible- think your kids' fridge drawings to intricate crop circles. youtube rants wow

@ImperiaGin

8 жыл бұрын

What do 3 blank white boards mean ? What does it all mean? The numbers mason !

@leftyfourguns

8 жыл бұрын

I can tell you that artists don't think the way you described. They think visually. Their mind is concerned with color combinations, shapes, silhouettes, profiles, texture, light, scale, etc. They don't think about a "message". Their only concern is what their image LOOKS like

@andysos1234

8 жыл бұрын

leftyfourguns I was talking about all mediums and artistic means

@alejandrogarcia3352

7 жыл бұрын

I don't think they are scared, they are more like aggressive. And i kind of feel that, people are aggressive towards art because the art world (not the art itself) is usually aggressive towards people.

@trotskyeraumpicareta4178

7 жыл бұрын

It depends on the artist and the moment, and many artists think both ways. I was reading a little about Michelangelo, and according to the writer he was concerned not only with the shapes and colors, but also with the message they could show. I see a lot of artists think this way.

Dear Nerdwriter, the choice of music in all your videos complements just beaitifully the images and narration. Thanks.

0:37 " bonjour, i'm pablo picasso, and welcome to disney channel. "

@francoisdesnoyers3042

4 жыл бұрын

On the other hand, showing a painting to some people is like throwing perls at swines.

@tsheringla9419

4 жыл бұрын

Hehe😅😂

@MiguelGarcia-vj7oo

3 жыл бұрын

It's hola.......

Okay this was an amazing video. I know nothing about art and paintings and you made me want to learn more.More people need to see this

@JOPLNHD

8 жыл бұрын

+Aaru C feel the exact same way!

@nikonxxx

7 жыл бұрын

Art history is such a sham, but so much engima tho.

@thereisnopandemic

7 жыл бұрын

Aarya G Art is art, either you like what you see or you don't. Don't let pretentious people tell you what is art, or how to understand art.

@cwegers3

6 жыл бұрын

You are on the right track .

@laclipps1

3 жыл бұрын

I know one thing. You fine as hell!

srsly the german youtuber behaind had brought me to your channel and I was interested because of nerd-content. But your art explainations giving me goosebumps on my frontal cortex. I love this format and you should be doing more of this. Because I sense a growing painter mindset , clearer on the edge than most painters have themselves.

This is honestly my new favorite channel. You don't get unparalleled editing with great narration as well as deep analyses all together in one video these days! Keep it up!

I just discovered your channel, and it's amazing, you do a really good work, thank you ! It feels so good to be explained an art work, I really respect people that are able to analyse and see things in Art that I would completely miss myself.

my god, i just found this channel and it's everything i wanted. i am an art lover and student and i love not only the content but also the narrative of the videos, the storyline you create to make your point. this is just amazing. thanks!

Thank you very much. I'm going to use this next semester for my art history class. My students love art, but they need to learn how to think and talk about it in more depth. This will be a big help.

@BariumCobaltNitrog3n

8 жыл бұрын

+EyeLean5280 Check out Amor Sciendi for an art historian's view on deciphering and understanding major works of art. He and Nerdwriter did amazing but different critiques on Las Meninas. He also has a good follow-up to this on Guernica. Spain's involvement with the Nazis and the weapons they tested on the town. Horrible waste of life.

@EyeLean5280

8 жыл бұрын

BariumCobaltNitrog3n Wow! Thanks! I will definitely check him out.

You just blew my mind. Thank you for giving me the tools for properly analysing art, man!

i should be studying for my finals, but im here binge watching all those videos. great content dude

what if he was just high and tried to paint 2 random fishermen?...

@dontpanic5278

8 жыл бұрын

+Carlos Aguiar If that's you interpretation of the picture then sure, he was high and painted two random fishermen. Personally, I think nerdwrighter said some good things here.

@RandomlyAwesomeFilms

8 жыл бұрын

+Carlos Aguiar what if your parents never loved you?

@divinelyshpongled

8 жыл бұрын

+Carlos Aguiar lol well said. I hate overanalysing of art... just accept that most artists are druggos and move the fk on.

@myilmazalper

8 жыл бұрын

+Denmardiu It's as clear as day that you've never taken part in any artistic endeavour.

@Carlos-wm6ev

8 жыл бұрын

Alper Yılmaz thank you for warning me! but now imagine that this painting was not made by picasso but was made by his retarted brother, does that change you perception of the painting or not? it's not that amazing and deep anymore is it?

This is what KZread should be about! Amazing, smart, well made content. Keep it up, Nerdwriter. You rock.

I'm an art historian and I absolutely love you. Keep up the great work. We need more voices for our tribe.

Pablo Picasso also carried around a revolver loaded with blanks, which he used to shoot at people who asked about the meaning behind his paintings. "Meaning is meaningless to me. I do not care for symbolism and I paint what I paint without meditating on a story." "What matters Is what appears in your soul, not what your eyes see and what you can name." -Zdzislaw Beksinski "A film or a paining - each thing is its own sort of language and its not right to by to say the same thing in words." -David Lynch The "meaning" behind provocative Art is actually to be discovered in the architecture of the brain. All "meaningful" / provocative art zaps us powerfully but far out of the reaches of the centers of the brain associated with logical reasoning or linguistic articulation. The meaning is powerful, it happens just as powerfully as a very funny joke or drop-dead quote or an amazing song, but deep in the visual cortex. The "meaning" is there, it is strong and poignant but INACCESSIBLE to the "thinking" or cognitive apparatus of the brain which can decode it, break it down into components, rejoin it through discerned patterns and articulate what it actually *means*. (The reverse is also true in the brain - the parts of the brain exercised when you read silently is the part where the visual cortex and the auditory cortex overlap, so you can head the words being said without uttering anything aloud). Here is David Lynch talking about how he conceived Blue Velvet - he assembled a couple pieces of disjointed imagery that resonated with him in an intuitive way. Rather than starting with a plot and using symbolism to support a story, he built a story around ideas that felt intuitively significant. You start with something real, use that to launch into abstraction, then go back and remove all traces of reality, thereby removing the connection with any "reasoning", but not from the "meaning". That's the power of great art.

If you ridicule the analysis of art ant think this channel is pretentious I don't know what you are doing here. Amazing video and painting, definitely one of the most influential artist of the last century.

@100crisps

8 жыл бұрын

im here to listen to a perspective outside of my own. i do find this pretentious and i feel to call it beautiful is to insult good artists everywhere but at least i can see where the love of this piece comes from now. thank god he can tell what the mess of purple is and why one of the fisherman is completely mis-shapen because other wise if i saw this piece i would call it shit and move on with my life but thanks to his outside perspective i have a deeper appreciation for the art than i would otherwise have. that is why im here

@calmpuffin

8 жыл бұрын

+Moj0y That's great, the different perspectives are what make art great. I preach criticism an different interpretations. Who I'm directing my comment to is to people who say things like "oh yeah' my kid could paint that" "omg that's bullshit he's only famous because he did it first" without being able to see the depth this really has. The meaning is arguable and he might have gone a little too deep on it, that judgement is yours, but I think what I think there's no argument on is that this is no child painting, this is the work of an experienced professional. A lot of people think that what measures the quality of a painting is how loyal to reality it is and they are getting it completely wrong.

I love art, but at the same time I'm not sure if I'll ever truly understand it in a lifetime. I find it difficult to analyze paintings in the ways that you do. But then, I don't look at art to understand it or find its one true "meaning." I look at art to enjoy it and marvel at this very unique human desire to create, decorate, and reproduce. I'm thinking about that last word just now, and maybe that's why we make art. Just like many of us are driven to reproduce ourselves, perhaps we have a drive to artificially reproduce. Pieces of art become our "children," sent out into the future ages.

@willdaly9800

8 жыл бұрын

I think Plato had the same idea

@MrMonshez

8 жыл бұрын

+afroceltduck everyone really just wants to be known in some way or another

@daviddemar8749

7 жыл бұрын

afroceltduck hmmm I never thought about the arts that way,...perhaps they are way of achieving or attempting to achieve a certain kind of immortality. I think your point makes even more sense when you consider that humans are capable of very intentional abstract thought and create artworks yet the higher primates who share almost all of our DNA can do neither. here's my theory - the arts are important bc they bring beauty into an often brutal and ugly existence and bc they are a unique signpost of what is inherently human about us. God bless you for giving me a new perspective about something 😊

@cwegers3

6 жыл бұрын

' Writing about art is like dancing about architecture '. Does it need to processed to a point where your appreciation can be articulated ? My opinion of art comes form a place that is produced spontaneously , after decades of consumption . My need for art is evident in the fact that I am constantly drawn back to it . I'm half drunk , and want to talk about art !!

Great video 👍 Even Picasso didn't knew about his painting that much.

I love that you made us look at this painting (mostly) throughout the 8:10 video. The average painting view is something like 20-30 seconds and I saw things several minutes in that I would not have noticed had I looked at this for 30 seconds or one minute. I agree with this being a co-piece to the tragic Guernica. Thank you for the time you spent analyzing and presenting this beautiful painting.

I like your approach to this one, the editing is a lot more striking compared to some of your other videos. It feels more like an advert than a documentary. That's neither good nor bad but I like it in contrast to your other videos. It has a sense of confidence, and I liked how you brought the stages of analysis itself to the foreground; it feels more involved with the audience. Keep up the good work, you're still my favourite KZreadr.

@Pistachios42

8 жыл бұрын

Yeah, a little bit ;)

Well done. So helpful to work off of an outline with a solid conclusion.

Helpful video and good ways to look at a Picasso. The symbolism and meaning behind his work can be powerful with a full understanding

Great take on Picasso’s painting ... but I’d like to argue that a masterpiece painting (like many of Picasso) is like a dream.. you can break it down as much as you want but they’ll never be a definitive conclusion as to what it is.. In my opinion.. it’s too difficult to criticize art... unless explicitly set out by the painter ... artwork like this is like a leakage of the collective consciousness... it speaks to us but not in ways we understand

@eugenioapa2209

3 жыл бұрын

Tee garallia.clever Johannes thru aneup

This film makes the assumption that viewers require paintings to have a meaning that is expressed in language. When I go to a museum and look at paintings, I abandon my desire to make a rational explanation of the paintings. I allow the visual part of my brain to absorb the visual images to it's satisfaction. I think that explaining visual language is extremely difficult and based on guessing. When I view a painting I allow my visual preceptors take over and enjoy the show.

@leftyfourguns

8 жыл бұрын

Well said Visual art is just that, visual. When someone tries to "explain" art I feel as if it's a non-visual person trying to understand the art in the only way they can

@gabrielapetre3009

6 жыл бұрын

right! art is about emotions !

I'd love if you did a video on dadaism.

@norzers123

8 жыл бұрын

+Erin McNeill Here here!

@FelixalPorto

8 жыл бұрын

Yes indeed!!!

@Wrynwynn

8 жыл бұрын

+Erin McNeill Dada isn't an -ism. It's fundamentally anti "-ism".

@edawhg

8 жыл бұрын

Ryan Stoll I'm aware but some people would get confused if I just said dada

@edawhg

8 жыл бұрын

+Ryan Stoll All good 👍🏻

Your last line sums up art perfectly. The quirkiness of human nature means that one person will see treasure in what another dismisses, another who insists on literal interpretation and yet another depth of meaning in something not even the artist wished to express. That is, to me, the beauty of art, it reflects life and myriad human foibles perfectly.

I didn't even see fishermen catching fish. I was like, "what are these weird shapes?|

Yet again another amazing video! You're my favorite youtuber, nerwriter1!

Whenever people talk about art I just don't understand how they see so much in so little. I seems to me that most often what somebody says about a piece of art past the basics tells you a lot more about the person than the art.

@SunnyApples

8 жыл бұрын

+Derek N Good point!

@messianicrogue

8 жыл бұрын

+Derek N Yeah, its projection and pretentiousness - laying claim to inner workings of an artist as if they understand the art is childish and immature. I can respect peoples opinions, but when they are presented as fact, without any disclaimer, then nope - they are the problem.

@majdavojnikovic

2 жыл бұрын

The moment an art piece is displayed in front of public, it becomes of public - one will stare and feel, another will be inspired to think about it. They both enjoy it, and that is how it should be. Relax. Tell us what this painting mean to you.

I have a very valid question, aren't we just retrofitting what we know to the painting? Maybe Picasso just showed his view of the night fishing. I mean it does seem like we're trying to find meaning where there is none. Why can't it just be a prosaic expression of an old man's view on a night ambulation.

@JuDGe3690

7 жыл бұрын

It certainly could be that, in Picasso's mind, but your question assumes the primacy of authorial intent. In art and literature, meaning can be given by the artist/author, created by the viewer/reader, or a combination of both. Even if one tries to do neither and just see "what's there" objectively, one's interpretation and sight is clouded by one's own knowledge and experiential background. If you look into academic criticism, there are many approaches or "lenses" of interpretation, some of which are contradictory, but all of which can be valid to some degree or another.

@TheEmpress1768

7 жыл бұрын

Shubham Bhushan you're right. I study art, and I can tell you, art has no meaning. No painting in this world has meaning. Can you understand art? Can you understand food? Can you understand music? Art is just an experience.

@lucasbruel

7 жыл бұрын

Because Picasso chose his painting to look like that. He decided every aspect of it. You have to wonder why.

@GriffinWelch

7 жыл бұрын

" I mean it does seem like we're trying to find meaning where there is none. " Just like in life, perhaps? I suppose it would depend on how we define "Meaning".

@lain2k3

7 жыл бұрын

Exactly, better to just never talk about anything.

Great rapid intro on Picasso's life and work -and the detailed analysis of the work offers a useful template for considering the work of all artists.

Thank you for examining random things longer than I ever would and somehow making it interesting.

Can we just have more Picasso analysis videos?

@vonmoose1

7 жыл бұрын

No.

@goodboybenji95

7 жыл бұрын

Be nice... It's really interesting...

@thisisahumanlol8255

3 жыл бұрын

I thought he doesnt like people asking the meaning of his stuff

@Devil0265

3 жыл бұрын

No

This has one of the best introductions of any of Evan's videos. phenomenal pacing

wow.... i.... just... wow.... I've never seen a piece of artwork broken down and explained in such an in-depth way like this before... amazing

I guess those steps work for every piece of art, not only Picasso

@Rotbeam99

8 жыл бұрын

uh yeah dude lol

it doesn't matter what the author meant. art is about the experience, the understanding and the personal opinion. I've seen comments offering deep opinions and people saying it's just age and nonsense.

@tibman10zin

8 жыл бұрын

Not about experience all, Artist recognize other artist and the Sad thing is people create this weird illusion in society where everyone is an artist😂 like the teacher who tells every kid that they're special. The true reality is there are only a few true artist, and people who are replicators are definitely not artist. Copying a figure exactly from life, you are are a great painter or a great drawer, but an artist? Lol Artist is a title to be earned, a title which can take an entire lifetime to grasp, a title which I am aspiring to be even after 20 years of experience. If only the people knew what Picasso was trying to achieve😂 and all the damn critics with their high vocabulary create distorted description on his works is just amusing which in turn fools the general public because they wouldn't dare challenge the so called knowledge of critics.

@GoldHamSam

8 жыл бұрын

The few true artists don't waste their time analyzing others work either. They just make their own and move on.

@tibman10zin

8 жыл бұрын

GoldHamSam Trust me they do, when they have some negative things to say they don't say it, but if they find others similar to themselves they acknowledge each other and share a good conversation unlike you, everyone is different and when you say things like ALL artist are this and ALL artist are that, you look stupid. Giving others appreciation for going towards the path of Art is not wasting time.

@tibman10zin

8 жыл бұрын

GoldHamSam Trust me they do, when they have some negative things to say they don't say it, but if they find others similar to themselves they acknowledge each other and share a good conversation unlike you, everyone is different and when you say things like ALL artist are this and ALL artist are that, you look stupid. Giving others appreciation for going towards the path of Art is not wasting time.

@GoldHamSam

8 жыл бұрын

***** Alright pal. You clearly aren't an artist.

Whole my life I was searching for something like this, I want to learn about so many things but I don't know where to start, this is heaven to me because I want to gain knowledge about so many things, I know I want to do this, I know people do this but I didn't knew how, thank you so much for the video!!!

Picasso's so weird to me. Like, by the time he was 12 he could draw a rendering of a person more realistic than most people will be able to do in a lifetime, and then he grows up and chooses to paint like a 6-year-old. It's bizarre, man.

@slyermeister

7 жыл бұрын

I would guess that since it was no longer challenging to render realistic paintings, he found that exploring abstraction and other means of creating art beyond realism was more fulfilling, like many artists before and after him. Achieving realism is not the goal of all artists.

@marcopederzoli4939

7 жыл бұрын

I think that being able to draw everything is where to start for at least trying to be a good artist. if there is something you can't draw, how can you express exactly what you mean? your limits will shape forever your art, instead of your will.

@kaliyuga1476

7 жыл бұрын

PennyNickel McGee Are you ok? stupid ignorant

@Thisisnotmyrealname8

7 жыл бұрын

There is a quote of Picasso that says basically that, he said something to the effect that when he was a boy he could draw like Raphael, but it took him his whole life to learn to draw like a child.

@Ciscogrande

7 жыл бұрын

He got bored of depicting reality as it was, and specially after the photography was invented, the Vanguard Art movements began... He invented an amazing movement as Cubism was, a true 4th dimension in painting, to paint time. In any case yes, obviously he was a master in realistic painting, he was a master in any discipline actually, many people decide to ignore that fact.

"that obviously....VERY obviously phallic head (...)" Dude, I have totally seen a donkey head here x'D

I don't think I will ever be able to see art the way people who can understand it do, but man this is a pretty cool painting just with the colors, that's about all I can make out of it. Awesome video! As a sidenote, you might enjoy the artist Charlie Immer, he is one of the few I can name that I actively enjoy the work of! It's really vibrant and gorey but it's awesome, I may not understand it but I love the way it looks!

I keep returning to your video because the way you open it is great.

This is an excellent look into the work. I think it has really helped me to understand this piece in a much deeper way, both with this one and when considering my impressions when looking upon others.

headdesking a little at all the people in the comments saying the painting doesn't mean anything..

@1Kekula

8 жыл бұрын

+fraukamera You ruined your desk just because some people couldnt find meaing in this painting? Jeeez.

@fraukamera

8 жыл бұрын

+Keku I think it's great that you have that much trust in the sturdiness of my head, but alas, I think if I were to actually headdesk, my desk would win that confrontation with considerable ease :)

@user-yk1cw8im4h

8 жыл бұрын

+fraukamera shut up dude

@ronmaest

8 жыл бұрын

+fraukamera Remember that most may not be as informed on such topics as the creator of the video or yourself. It's guaranteed that there are many a subject you know little if nothing about.

@AdventureTeameXtreme

8 жыл бұрын

+Ron maest True. But if one knows little or nothing about a subject, one should not publicly assert one's own ill-informed opinions about it.

Christ, 90% of these comments are critical and mean. I really appreciate this video, being an art student I really enjoyed the reading into a painting and your perception of it. I recently had to do a similar thing for a university interview, it seems some people find it easy to do and others find it as hard as walking through a brick wall. In contrast to others here in the comments with the view of "lol it doesn't have any meaning" it's not always clever to play the devils advocate and completely shut down an idea. Art is incredible and undervalued by so many for being pointless, yet art exists (I think) in two ways, either there for simply how it looks and a base feeling you can get from it or for the meaning you can get from it, the best though, have both.

@ImperiaGin

8 жыл бұрын

The Internet is a pretty mean place . I don't like Picassos work , it just doesn't please me nor do I find anything cool about it . Some people just don't like him and will never . I respect his work but his work is just not for me

@btcprox

8 жыл бұрын

+Charis Reid There is another angle of criticism I've seen about deriving meaning from the artwork that the artist didn't actively intend to convey through the piece, which I think is kinda a valid concern. Should the audience even tease out symbolism that we do not know was purposefully designed in the art? What if we end up unnecessarily clouding the artist's thoughts with our own?

@qwertyTRiG

8 жыл бұрын

+btcprox I am usually drawn far more to the written word than to visual art, though Caravaggio has managed to stun me. Picasso does little for me, at least in reproduction. (It's easier to see original Caravaggio: he tended to use small canvases, so it's easier for galleries to lend them to each other.) For all kinds of art, it is possible to make inferences which the author did not intend. And that is not necessarily a problem, as long as you don't pretend that the author *did* intend them. TRiG.

@kingboobs20

8 жыл бұрын

+Charis Reid Not critical, there is no critical thought at place, just a bunch of weeaboos with deviantart accounts and no taste.

@solokom

6 жыл бұрын

+btcprox "Should the audience even tease out symbolism that we do not know was purposefully designed in the art? - art is not a crossword puzzle which has only one correct answer. "clouding the artist's thoughts with our own" as you put it, is the very essence of what art is and art does.

Thank you for the lesson. I think this painting is interesting but now it's beautiful.

Excellent final point.... my folks went to wine fairs representing a friends winery and for tastings people were always asking what they should be looking for and their response was always, "Whether or not you like it." Taste isn't a matter of particular notes you can recognize it is a personal appreciation.

I'm utterly obsessed with your channel !

After watching this video I realized that all those drawings, sketches and paintings of mine, that I threw away, were so deep and meaningful after all! 😁

@aerialjordan2683

2 жыл бұрын

They are priceless interpretations and Journalings of yourself. Could you use the nerdwriter's way of interpretation to attempt to understand yourself more? Could you imagine yourself drawing with the same clarity of mind as Picasso himself? Is all that work, that toil, lost to the trash can?

@sketchilicious

2 жыл бұрын

@@aerialjordan2683 Dunno about "...the same clarity of mind as Picasso himself" but I do remember enjoying the process of creating art. Received helpful comments from friends and family along the lines of: "this doesn't make any sense"; "it's ugly"; "you are not normal"; "waste of paint"; "maybe find other ways to express yourself"; "read books instead". LOL... that was enough to make me stop. Note: I did receive positive feedback too but the negative devastated my confidence. Destroyed all my artwork. Only recently did I restart sketching. Now, years after those early days, I make sure I NEVER let anyone see my artwork. I can be as bad or talentless as I want to be.😁👍 Maybe someday, I should attempt a Nerdwriter-style interpretation of my work. 🤔

@benji961

2 жыл бұрын

@@sketchilicious you do it for yourself, no one else.

@cedricburkhart3738

2 жыл бұрын

It's not the painting it's the signature silly.😂 Your signature isn't worth much right now.🤷

@sketchilicious

2 жыл бұрын

@@benji961 Absolutely.

I will never look at a Picaso the same. You have such an amazing talent.

It’s reassuring to see 1 million + views on a video about understanding Picasso’s work. Brilliant stuff.

another brilliant video!

@cedricburkhart3738

2 жыл бұрын

I don't see how.🤷

this was amazing. I wish I could analyze art even half as well!

@kobathedread

8 жыл бұрын

Follow the 5 steps and have a go.

@marcoVGpolo

8 жыл бұрын

+Frank Botos all you have to do is look at anything from both your own and the artists shoes.

I love your painting analysis videos, you have to make more of them! Please!!!

Right or wrong you have a beautiful way of breaking down the paintings and draw attention to details. Thanks

This is the BEST chanel on KZread these days!

@andrecnb9848

8 жыл бұрын

+Rafael Divoz check channel criswell and every frame a painting. they review movies and they are awesome

@TrollinJoker

8 жыл бұрын

+Rafael Divoz Have a look at "The school of life". I would say they are even better (:

@samwallaceart288

8 жыл бұрын

+Andre CnB I second your recommendation for "Every Frame a Painting" wholeheartedly. CGP Grey I also recommend for no-nonsense break-downs of history, geopolitics, technology, and everything in between, all injected with perfect dead-pan humor while being highly educational.

@MrIcenice44

8 жыл бұрын

+Rafael Divoz Happened upon it through the "work" video. Haven't left since!

@dustydamsel6314

8 жыл бұрын

+Rafael Divoz School of Life

You start with "what to do when standing in front of a Picasso", then proceed to tell me that I should get information on things that I could not possible find out standing in front of a painting.

@narutoaddict06

8 жыл бұрын

+Craparella Smørrebrød Do you have a phone - if not, then get one. The Nerdwriter probably assumed his audience did.

@CraparellaSmorrebrod

8 жыл бұрын

+Thomas Jørgensen I find that hard to believe that the precious time standing in front of a famous painting is best spent staring down into my phone.

@narutoaddict06

8 жыл бұрын

+Craparella Smørrebrød If you value the time spent with the artworks, you could spend some time at home reading up beforehand.

@CraparellaSmorrebrod

8 жыл бұрын

+Thomas Jørgensen And taint your first impression? I think the ideal way would be to have a private guide. She would let you get a first impresion for a few minutes without saying anything, then tell you all these things. Of course that would be quite expensive :-)

@leftyfourguns

8 жыл бұрын

I think the ideal way to enjoy art is look at it and if you decide it looks like shit to you move onto the next one. Knowing that Picasso was attacked by a Jello monster when he was a kid and that scarred him for life doesn't make the painting look any less like Jello diarrhea

i wouldn't have thought of 70% of that by myself, thank you for making such great fulfilling content

The two fishermen and each of their distinctive styles of working evokes the Don Quixote/Sancho Panza model. Optimism/pessimism, action/inaction. Something perceived as characteristically "Spanish" but universal too! Verrryy Romantic! Love how this video makes me think things I haven't thought before!

This was the most fascinating video I've watch on KZread. You've sparked something in me.

I've never been able to appreciate Picasso for the most part, except for Guernica, which is the only painting of his that I know the context to. Even with that, it took pop culture for me to fully appreciate it. I knew that it was large, larger than an inset in an art book, larger than a png on Google images. But it took Children of Men and Civ V: Brave New World to make me truly appreciate it.

"Everyone wants to understand art. Why not try to understand the song of a bird? Why does one love the night, flowers, everything around one, without trying to understand them? But in the case of a painting people have to understand. If only they would realize above all that an artist works of necessity, that he himself is only a trifling bit of the world, and that no more importance should be attached to him than to plenty of other things which please us in the world, though we can't explain them. People who try to explain pictures are usually barking up the wrong tree." Pablo Picasso

Thanks a lot for this video brother. This video sparks tons of idea for my own work. Keep Doing this Good Work for rest of us.

id love to see an analysis of cy twombly, he seems like someone you would love

*Fun fact* here is the entirety of his name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso

@francoisdesnoyers3042

4 жыл бұрын

Blasco was his real name. Picasso was his mother's.

@stijnkulche5932

4 жыл бұрын

*fun fact* You took it from wikipedia

@francoisdesnoyers3042

4 жыл бұрын

@@stijnkulche5932 no. I know this since i was 15... way before wikipedia, when people read books.

@stijnkulche5932

4 жыл бұрын

​@@francoisdesnoyers3042 I wasn't talking to you dipshit

@stijnkulche5932

4 жыл бұрын

@@francoisdesnoyers3042 He literally copy pasted that full name from wikipedia lmao

This channel will be on my playlist for the next months for sure. Thank you.

Anyone ever think to bring up the appropriation side of picasso's work, he took inspiration from african art masks which at the time were considered to be not that great and primitive at best but when he took inspiration and added a little fractures and different perspectives to them the all of a sudden golly gee this is some of the greatest art of the century. Not to knock picasso his art is good but it's the fact that when he used a style that's been there for millenia it was suddenly a watershed moment in art. Ps to those in the comment section having a meltdown over how revered picassos art is, understand that realism and traditional european art was never the standard for the definition of art; art it's self can be anything from the complex woodblock prints of editing period Japanese artist to the modern day minimal paintings of a simple all white canvas. I advise you to not have such a sheltered perspective because you'll never truly appreciate the medium itself

Have you ever thought of analyzing Cowboy Bebop in a video essay? There's a lot to talk about. As far as the theme of the video 'Accessibility in Art' might be good, since Bebop is famously down to earth in a genre and art form not know for being so.

@gen.giggles

8 жыл бұрын

+KaiGonGinn Oh that would be several videos. Fey's story of finding herself to mourn the innocence she doesn't remember, Ed's story of needing to find a family, Jet's seeming lack of caring, Spike and Vicious' war over love. Perhaps the most intriguing is actually Yoko Kanno's music and how it tells the story without needing the dialog. Watching with just the soundtrack brings out so much depth. The movie is a good example of that.

@cat_jk00

8 жыл бұрын

+KaiGonGinn That soundtrack is what got me into jazz.

It’s amazing that he is the first painter to paint a masterpiece whilst riding a bicycle.

I love the variety of your content! Great stuff

Congratulations, keep up the good work! It would be great if you could do another Picasso's painting.

I think those 5 ways are great, but there is another, probably just a specific spinoff of personal context: comparing that painting to his others. The differences, the abnormalities will stand out and make you think "Why did he do that this time?"

Me at museum: Still wondering how this painting that looks like from 5 years old kids work so popular. Also me: wow.

Great job on that quick breakdown was very informative on my boys piece.

Kandinsky, comming back home one evening, saw a painting through a window. He was surprised by two things, the first one being that he did not recognise the work at all! but that despite this fact, he thought that the painting was very beautiful! Once inside the room, he rapidly realised that the maid had hung up the painting upside down. A few months later, he produced the first abstract painting (1910).