http://www.stumbleupon.com/su/1hVWxl/www.collegehumor.com/video/6422903/trippy-paint-spill-painting
Now. As an artist I'm really drawn to pattern. I think that through pattern an artist can really put his or her stamp on his or her piece, do something a little unconventional, and have the opportunity to show skill through some intense detail. Not to mention, pattern is a huge part of identifying culture when art historians study art with little or no record (say like, African Art, Taino Art, Mayan Art, Islam Art, etc). I feel that in art today (because clearly we're not living in 1300 AD), color is a gateway to pattern, and how an artist goes about applying that color is part of the signature. In this case, obviously the end product isn't the point of the piece - it's about how it's created. And in watching the clip, I couldn't help but think about art as a process and immediately I thought about a piece we studied in Pre-Columbian art. The Zapotec people took jade, which was a precious material to them (for the color) and they cleared a large space in the earth. They then arranged a TON of this jade in pattern in the ground. And buried it. No one could see the result, the art was completely about the process. The process of pouring paint and today's ability to revisit artwork doesn't make the process quite as dramatic as say burying precious materials like jade in the ground. But it's very time consuming and it does speak to art as a process in today's world. Ultimately, it reminded me of the Old World [Old School] art pieces that I've studied and loved. And it reminded me that art is a process and that the process is just as important as the end product.
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