When thinking about what pieces of art one would construct for this blog revolving around a piece that sparks interest and evokes conversation and possibly a level of discomfort, I was drawn to pieces from the Americas, France and Italy.

Finally narrowing it down, two works in particular combined in an interesting and controversial frame. John Baldessari's "I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art"(1931) and Arthur B. Charles "Torso"(1971).

Charles' "Torso" is contrived of many bold brush strokes and a basic recognizable form of a womans torso. The shape and form of the torso are defined by the colors and thickness of the brush strokes defining the negative space and helping to push the from out from the picture plane. Now imagine this colorfull and vibrant torso overlayed with artfull text, by Baldessari, stating "I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art".
"I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art" is repeated in sucession about 17 times, the sentences structure is not aligned, there fore is seeminly unbalanced but in baldessari's statement becomes clear, "I will not many any more boring art" place and worded to make the viewer feel as though it is a contradiction in that the asetetic is not with in any strict and formal form, but in a expressionist manner, in that is is freely stated and filling of the space in a unstructured mannner.

Baldessari's piece overlayd on Charles' piece would being a sence of major crontadictoin. the long lasting and colorful vibrant and intresting torso allows the black and white letters stating that there will be no more boring art crumbel, or in another view excentuate the fact that post modern art is not defined and is calling the "Torso" boring becasue of its modernist quality and originality.

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Baldessari's painting is featured in the Minneapolis Institute of Art (MIA)exhibition of "Text as Image in Contemporary Art."