[pullquote quote=”I paint mostly from real life. ” credit=”Bob Dylan”] [mp3com-artist]Bob Dylan[/mp3com-artist]’s recent paintings, ‘The Asia Series,’ are being scrutinized by critics because many of his works are clearly based off of old but well-known photographs.
The critics have a right to make an uproar since Dylan may not have been clear enough on where his paintings come from. In the exhibit brochure Dylan states “I paint mostly from real life. It has to start with that. Real people, real street scenes, behind the curtain scenes, live models, paintings, photographs, staged setups, architecture, grids, graphic design. Whatever it takes to make it work. What I’m trying to bring out in complex scenes, landscapes or personality clashes, I do it in a lot of different ways. I have the cause and effect in mind from the beginning to the end. But it has to start with something tangible.”
Tangible… like a photograph!
[photogallerylink id=51154 align=right] We really shouldn’t be surprised. [mp3com-artist]Joni Mitchell [/mp3com-artist]warned us when she said “Bob is not authentic at all. He’s a plagiarist, and his name and voice are fake. Everything about Bob is a deception. We are like night and day, he and I…”
It’s well-known that Dylan borrowed some lines for his songs from well-known poetry. He’s also reportedly been known to be less than truthful about having a degenerative eye disease and being an orphan.
Now, I love Bob Dylan’s music (he’s one of my favorite musicians) but I don’t think anyone should be shocked to realize his art is painted directly from sources.
Bonus points to anyone who can track down Dylan’s original sources for the paintings in his earlier ‘Brazil Series!‘
See side by side comparisons of Dylan’s paintings and the photography.
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