OBSESSIONS
REQUIRED READING:
https://www.pushkin.fm/episode/hallelujah/
Cezanne was obsessed with the same subjects over and over again. Pictured above are several different iterations of a portrait of his wife.
He is a "EXPERIMENTAL GENIUS"
He is never satisfied, iteration after iteration, never finished.
He destroyed his own work, abandons it, doesn’t sign his name to it, he is obsessed with his ideas.
His creative path is not clear no linear, he just follows his obsession.
Many artistic movements stem from obsession.
Baroque→ obsession with ornamentation
Impressionism→ obsession with light and color
Surrealism→ obsession with the dream-like
Cubism→ obsession with de and re constructing
Minimalism→ obsession with simplicity
ARTISTS
Yayoi Kusama
Clayton Merril
Grace White
Sarah Stoddard
FURTHER READING
https://artgateblog.altervista.org/kusama-how-obsession-becomes-art/
https://www.kcrw.com/culture/shows/art-talk/when-artistic-inspiration-becomes-obsession