Comments on: Paul Ching-Bor http://theblindswimmer.com/2008/03/02/paul-ching-bor/ a blog for painting, abstraction, and contemporary art for artists and art lovers Sun, 12 Oct 2008 23:32:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Gordon Fraser http://theblindswimmer.com/2008/03/02/paul-ching-bor/#comment-15 Gordon Fraser Tue, 04 Mar 2008 16:55:06 +0000 http://theblindswimmer.com/2008/03/02/paul-ching-bor/#comment-15 i agree inga. discussing the process of how we make our work is really important for artists and paul is super generous. in the past, artists used to live and work and eat and drink coffee together visit each other's studios getting in heated discussions almost daily. i find today there is not as open an exchange. artists are all over the place, you're in australia and i'm jersey city. it's also harder too for artists to interact as most of us have to balance jobs with our artistic practice and families/relationships and the time hanging out with other artists exchanging ideas is really limited if it happens at all. even though i paint in shared studio space, i have such a limited amount of time that when i am at the studio i am there to paint, not to hang out. i also think another thing is that artists now are more secretive about there practice. not that this is anything new...but so much emphasis is given to style in the marketplace that artists need to protect their "trade secrets" especially when information moves so quickly and knockoffs can be manufactured so easily in china. so when artists are open and generous it is really wonderful. i agree inga. discussing the process of how we make our work is really important for artists and paul is super generous. in the past, artists used to live and work and eat and drink coffee together visit each other’s studios getting in heated discussions almost daily. i find today there is not as open an exchange. artists are all over the place, you’re in australia and i’m jersey city. it’s also harder too for artists to interact as most of us have to balance jobs with our artistic practice and families/relationships and the time hanging out with other artists exchanging ideas is really limited if it happens at all. even though i paint in shared studio space, i have such a limited amount of time that when i am at the studio i am there to paint, not to hang out.

i also think another thing is that artists now are more secretive about there practice. not that this is anything new…but so much emphasis is given to style in the marketplace that artists need to protect their “trade secrets” especially when information moves so quickly and knockoffs can be manufactured so easily in china. so when artists are open and generous it is really wonderful.

]]> By: inga http://theblindswimmer.com/2008/03/02/paul-ching-bor/#comment-14 inga Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:52:11 +0000 http://theblindswimmer.com/2008/03/02/paul-ching-bor/#comment-14 Thank you for posting this artist Gordon. My world is richer for it. It's also refreshing to find an artist who is open about his practice. How a piece is made is often just as important as the piece itself. I wonder if others agree. Thank you for posting this artist Gordon. My world is richer for it. It’s also refreshing to find an artist who is open about his practice. How a piece is made is often just as important as the piece itself. I wonder if others agree.

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