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Starry Night and the Astronauts - Alma Thomas (1972) (www.artic.edu)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by perishthethought@lemm.ee to c/artporn@lemm.ee

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After decades as a representational painter, in her seventies Alma Thomas turned to abstraction, creating shimmering, mosaic-like fields of color with rhythmic dabs of paint that were often inspired by forms from nature. The artist had been fascinated with space exploration since the late 1960s, and her later paintings often referenced America’s manned Apollo missions to the moon.

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[–] NoSpotOfGround@lemmy.world 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If anyone knows how to interpret this painting, what to see in it, please let me know because it simply looks like "huh..." to me.

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

(This is all my opinion only, for the record)

This being non-representational, it's not like a visual story being told. Nobody should try to interpret this for you, IOW. It's more about feelings and impressions and an overall gut reaction. A human trying to express themself. If you don't "vibe with this", then it's just not for you.

Most all art made after 1970 doesn't do anything for me, for instance. I still look and post what I can, every so often. I just liked this painting for the blues and the way the artists used the little blocks of paint.