dadaist hans arp once said āwhat arrogance is concealed in perfection? why struggle for purity in position when they can never be attained? the law of chance, which embraces all other laws and is as unfathomable as the depth from which all life arises can only be comprehended by a complete surrender to the unconscious.ā and heās right, some of the very best art iāve made has been by complete accident. my favorite thing to see when i look at a painting is the blending of paint into forms, no brush stroke is like the one before it, the paint combines into new shades that werenāt there previously, with each smear something new emerges. i love surprising uses of color where you wouldnāt expect them to be, you can imagine the idea springing forth to the artist while theyāre painting away on the canvas.. or maybe it was accidental? maybe they put blue where they meant to put green? a mistake? but now that itās blue, itās genius!
iād like to approach more than just art with this way or thinking. it would lead to a lot less disappointment and a lot more excitement. šŖ“Ā
markus lĆ¼pertz, exekution, 1992, oil on canvas
