Curator's Perspective: "Vincent van Gogh and Japan"

[@kayfletcher4169]

Really informative lecture. It’s interesting to know that Van Gogh may have been on the cusp of success and may have enjoyed recognition if it hadn’t been for his early death. I’ve loved Van Gogh’s work for years and did not really realise this, I don’t know if knowing this now makes me happy or sad for him, but the work always strikes an emotional nerve with me and has done since first seeing a projected image of the church and the cypresses paintings as a teenager in my secondary school art class.

[@guslevy3506]

“Zen emphasizes rigorous self-restraint, meditation-practice, insight into the nature of mind (見性, Ch. jiànxìng, Jp. kensho, "perceiving the true nature") and nature of things, and the personal expression of this insight in daily life, especially for the benefit of others.” - generic definition of Zen from wiki As most fans of Vincent know by now, his goal with painting was to let the viewer “feel” the subject of his paintings rather than merely observing the painting for it’s technique, realism, beauty, etc. Whether Vincent knew it or not, he was clearly attempting to express the literal Zen of his painting subject to the viewer. This is why so many love his art at first sight without knowing perhaps exactly why. The colors, the thick paint, the naked essence of his subject...we do feel his paintings. Vincent was a gift to humanity...

[@constancewalsh3646]

Thank you for the definition of Zen. True and deep feeling is not possible without self-restraint. Vincent - as do all human beings of consciousness and maturity - knew this.

[@triangleDAYS]

This was a really wonderful little lecture to listen to! Thankyou so much for uploading it! very helpful with an essay I'm currently writing! :D

[@shirleywaxman6443]

triangleDAYS Yggdrasil

[@constancewalsh3646]

"Bangor I'm tango" - some of the robot's transcripts are hilarious!

[@constancewalsh3646]

"Big ears his wife gave birth today."

[@constancewalsh3646]

"He was painting with go get im." (Gaugin)

[@MrStiffie123456789]

He sold 4 paintings in his lifetime??? I only know of 2, or 1, officially. What were the others??????

[@renzo6490]

The lecture proper begins at 4:00 minutes! The speaker notes that the van Gogh museum administration maintains that Vincent did, in fact, shoot himself and was not shot by a group of harassing local boys. Where is their evidence? I don’t think there is any more compelling proof that he shot himself than that he was accidentally or intentionally shot by others.

[@RP-mm9ie]

Best art lecture

[@stuartayre7618]

Superb lecture

[@pres002]

proof?

[@jimbojet8728]

I didn’t enjoy it. A long monosyllabic ramble with continuous American style diction. Dreadful!

[@siavashshaghighi2655]

It is pretty a monotonous talk and somewhat boring. This should be given by a blonde chic with exciting voice. Overall, informative