{"id":17545,"date":"2021-10-19T22:01:10","date_gmt":"2021-10-19T22:01:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=17545"},"modified":"2022-09-06T18:19:09","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T18:19:09","slug":"helpful-advice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=17545","title":{"rendered":"helpful art viewing advice&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/CP-duet.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17568\" width=\"1000\" height=\"595\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/CP-duet.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/CP-duet-300x179.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/CP-duet-768x457.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>How to properly stare at Court Painter&#8217;s artwork?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;When you look up at a Court Painter artwork, the head presses down on the spine&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Press Attache A Hardon M,  lecturing in the airless and disheveled Court Painter studio to out of work art students , shamelessly paraphrased the words of a Mr. Josefsberg, posture specialist on art viewing&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Put your index fingers in your ears and imagine a rod at that angle. That\u2019s that point from which you want to look up and down lovingly at a Court Painter masterwork.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIf you try that, you\u2019re not doing anything with your torso or your neck,the head is not pressing on the spine. You\u2019re giving your spine a rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Also if you have any negative comments on what you see&#8230; just keep it to yourself.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Court-Painter-sym-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17567\" width=\"NaN\" height=\"NaN\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Court-Painter-sym-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Court-Painter-sym-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Court-Painter-sym-2-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>And finally, AHM aided by Mr Josefsberg&#8217;s thesis, went on to argue that part of the reason why we experience back pain while looking at  Court Painter&#8217;s art is that we simply forget about our lusty bodies while being absorbed in the visual stimulation around us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cTry to be mindful of your sensuous body while sashaying around Court Painter&#8217;s studio,\u201d AHM concluded. \u201cSave some wacky brainpower to what you\u2019re doing with your sinful body as you stare at the artworks of one of the world&#8217;s most unheralded pushers of paint, pulchritude &amp;  pathos.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Cp-lady-in-red-x.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17566\" width=\"1000\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Cp-lady-in-red-x.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Cp-lady-in-red-x-300x164.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Cp-lady-in-red-x-768x421.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Court Painter studio visit is described as an immersive interactive experience because of the olfactory stimulation of raw terpentine, body odour and  subtle notes of nicotine in addition to the tactile crunch underfoot of sawdust, ash, pastel dust and discarded KFC chicken bones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visitors who neglected to follow the posture viewing advice have by in large  described the experience as a pain in the neck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Visitors on the way out, are requested to not forget to leave any and all spare change in the empty Tim Horton cup Court Painter is gripping .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Court-Painter-collecting-loose-change.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-17571\" width=\"NaN\" height=\"NaN\" srcset=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Court-Painter-collecting-loose-change.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Court-Painter-collecting-loose-change-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Court-Painter-collecting-loose-change-768x545.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><figcaption><strong>Ever the gracious host Court Painter expects just a few pieces of silver for his efforts.<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to properly stare at Court Painter&#8217;s artwork? &#8220;When you look up at a Court Painter artwork, the head presses down on the spine&#8221;. Press Attache A Hardon M, lecturing in the airless and disheveled Court Painter studio to out of work art students , shamelessly paraphrased the words of a Mr. Josefsberg, posture specialist &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/?p=17545\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;helpful art viewing advice&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"gallery","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-gallery","hentry","category-images","post_format-post-format-gallery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17545"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17545\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20760,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17545\/revisions\/20760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/allanhardingmackay.ca\/courtpainter\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}