Artistic Display

mike_p

There's been lots of palaver here concerning art and artistic display.
To shed more light, and less heat on the subject, I propose a forum on this site that's devoted to 3 point display, with discussion and critique.
The one main rule would be that any images posted would have the three components of classic tokonoma display. Since this site is about bonsai, the displays should feature a bonsai, a scroll, and the third element could be kusamono, suiseki, or an appropriate artifact.
Comments anyone? Are you out there Matt? What do you think?

Mike

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RonMartin(deceased)

That sounds good to me

Will_Heath

It would go well with the upcoming contest but why limit it to three point displays? Why not simply "Artist Display?"


Will

Treebeard

Mike, I like the idea of a specific place for 3-point displays.

Will, if we accept that ALL bonsai display is artistic (or should be) then we arrive at a 'show-and-tell' type of category, which we already have.

Regards,

Chris.

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Attila

Instead of 3 point display with scroll, I would much more prefer "Formal Display".

Will_Heath

Chris,

Although I see the point you are making, I have to disagree. The show and tell section as it is now is not for artistic posting, nor are the posts there critiques for artistic quality. It has a wide range of bonsai, from seedlings to fully developed trees, but none based solely on artistic display.

All bonsai displays are not artistic Chris. I would even have to say that all three point displays are not artistic either, would you agree?

As Mike said, "There's been lots of palaver here concerning art and artistic display." He made a good point and was right in saying that we really have no place to concentrate solely on Artistic Display. My question is why should we start out discriminating and leave out all forms of artistic display except for the three point display?

Is the two point display less valid? Is the artistic qualities of a well designed bonsai as it stands alone not worthy of artistic critiques? Lets open a place for Artistic Discussion and Critiques by all means but lets not limit or tag what is artistic or not. After all even in a open artistic forum, we can all tell a three point from a two point display and they will stand on their own.


That about covers it all.




Will

HB Smith

Great idea Mike. I also would like to open it up to all formal display, not just three point with a scroll. Thinking about the BIB show, most of those fantastic displays are not three point with a scroll.

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mike_p

What is this contest?

Mike

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mike_p

An important part of the practice of bonsai is the artistic display thereof. And, the most classic of these displays involves 3 elements. 3 is an important number in many philosophies. The Trinity for example.
In tokonoma display the "trinity" is Man, Heaven, and Earth. Bonsai as man, the scroll reaching to heaven, and the accent as earth.
An artistic bonsai can be shown in Show and Tell, or Ask the Master. For what I propose, we study and practice the "trinity" of artistic display.
This may not be something that appeals to enough people to make it work. However, I did want to start a discussion so as to see if there is an interest.

Mike

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