Why Baroque Masters are Cooler | Ken Goshen & Will St. John | ART'S COOL #11

[@j.eliotmason18]

This is officially the most normal Will St. John interview. Lol! I bought one of his prints during the pandemic and thought, oh wow this is good. But then I caught one of his shows and saw the paintings in person, i freaked out they’re so good. He does stuff with paint Ive never seen before.

[@Etherealisme]

Fantastic conversation! As someone who went through the French Beaux-Arts system I definitely can testify that I was pushed to get into my "style" right after the first year, so technically i had only 1 year to learn all techniques at a superficial level (I tried etching, photography etc) even though I wanted to focus on painting. Actually I know that i was able to pass the entrance exam because I already had a unique style before entering the school. 20 years later I am trying to "lose" that style, I am not attached to it anymore even though it was unique and to an extend well liked. Some of my drawings were even taken to be album covers and even tattoos, but what I truly love is the Renaissance period, and to Will's point, I am also digging Titian and learning to appreciate him more and more now. Last note, when I chose my medium of choice (painting) unfortunately they were no teachers at my beaux-art school that I wanted to follow tje foot steps so I changed schools, went from the south to the north, and same story... Being closer to Paris, my teachers were even more conceptual. It was so heart breaking because my intention was to learn techniques.

[@deepindersingh1168]

Many thanks for sharing this brilliant interview Ken. 👏👏

[@KenGoshen]

Thank you!

[@PosttHumann]

Fantastic interview with lots of great insight. Thank you!

[@gavv1971]

Im so happy I found this interview, enlightening

[@yogeshsawakhande4095]

Amazing 👏 Thank for posting this video. Learnt a lot of new things.🙏🙏

[@KenGoshen]

Happy to hear! :)

[@EdgeLoopGaming]

Amazing conversation, so much great insight!

[@KenGoshen]

Thank you very much!

[@kobets20tanya]

Will is brilliant! As artist and as intelligent human being 💥💥💥

[@ivanjavis]

great

[@pamj7823]

Wonderful interview. Thank you. Will St John has a Patreon account with a few videos and an online workshop demo linked on his website in case anyone is interested.

[@Genny-Zee]

Where’s Col?

[@G4M3Changer]

Who is the artist you keep referring too Ken? The 19th century artist who is not “French” in style

[@juliangarcia3821]

Jean Auguste-Dominique Ingres

[@FluWorldOrder]

No clips of his or his wife's work during this entire 1hr plus video.

[@johngillespie3409]

You could've googled him with less letters and less time than your comment. 🙄

[@petermurphy9968]

The marriage between Renaissance and modern abstract painting was I believe, the impressionists. I totally disagree that French painting in the 19 century was defunct, the impressionists rebelled against the Salon and gave us a new way of looking at the world without the camera turning the art world into cold black and white realism. I can't believe this conversation gave no acknowledgement to the importance of the rebellion of the impressionists. They turned the painting process and observation of the world to a new level.. On the question. Where does your artistic style come from?. It comes from your own comfort of expression. The way and medium that you most feel comfortable with and that could take years to discover. Vincent van Gogh couldn't draw well at first but trained himself through reading books and visiting Museums and galleries and travelling around Europe. He slipped into his own style with a psychological manic energy that suited his expression even though the style was repugnant to society at the time, but importantly it was his own style. Sadly, It wasn't till after his death that his style was appreciated.

[@Ari-ev4hk]

At 16:40 he mentions Mattise and then Picasso when speaking on the "opposite reaction" to realism. Mattise is an impressionist, or at least a post-impressionist. I consider that a mention, it is art of the same spirit that rebelled against the salon.

[@parhoads]

unfortunate...