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Lovers 105 (2021) Drawing by Edwin Loftus
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Drawing,
Pastel
on Paper
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Dimensions
15x12 in
Dimensions of the work alone, without framing: Height 8in, Width 6in - Framing This artwork is framed (Frame + Under Glass)
- Categories Drawings under $5,000 Conceptual Art Love
The poet/musician, Frank Zappa, asked, "What's the ugliest part of your body, what's the ugliest part?" And he answered, "Some say it's your nose, some say your toes, but I think it's your mind, I think it's your mind, I think it's your mind."
I don't think he meant it this way, but this is a common fear, that our minds might be the ugliest part of our being, and the part of our being we are most able to hide from others.
This cripples us and the idea that we can hide who we really are, betrays most of us at one point or another.
Society makes us think that our sexual fantasies are among the ugliest things about us. They aren't. Our willingness to try to deceive others, even those with whom our lives are most deeply entwined, in order to present a false facade to others is.
[Obvious exceptions exist; fantasies involving a partner's genuine lack of consent including trickery; for example. But victimless fantasies with consenting partners are not.]
The greatest virtue is to be worthy of the trust of others, 'trustworthiness'. The path to trustworthiness and the foundation on which it stands is 'honesty.' There is no way to be trustworthy while dishonestly hiding your true nature. There can and should be a "need to know" filter on who you reveal your whole nature to. But, an ongoing sexual relationship with a potential future is a place where the "need to know" is in place.
As the poet/philosopher/playwright, William Shakespeare observed, "This above all: to thine own self be true, And it must follow, as the night the day, Thou canst not then be false to any ..." ("man" or woman).
The reverse is true as well ... Be not true to yourself and you cannot be true to others.
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Edwin Loftus is an American painter and draftsman born in 1951. His interest in art began at the age of 4 when he decided to draw something real rather than working from his imagination.
As a child he excelled at drawing and as a teenager he began to experiment with oil painting. In college, he took courses in art and art history and realized that true art had nothing to do with the quality of the drawing or painting, but that it had to have the ambition to push the boundaries and expand the visual experience.
He also studied philosophy, psychology and history and quickly realized that it was just another art establishment trying to defend its elitist industry and reward system. Their skills were almost non-existent, they knew nothing about psychology, perception or stimulus response, and they were extensions of the belief system that made communism, fascism and other forms of totalitarianism such destructive forces in the world. They literally believe that art shouldn't be available to ordinary human beings, but only to an elite "sophisticated" enough to understand it.
Edwin Loftus realized that the emperors of art had no clothes, but they were still the emperors. Gifted in art, he worked hard to acquire this skill. So he found other ways to make a living and sold a few artworks from time to time. For sixty years, many people enjoyed his works and some collected them.
Today, Edwin Loftus is retired. Even if he sold all his paintings for the price he asked, "artist" would be the lowest paid job he ever had... but that's the way it is. It won't matter to him after he dies. He just hopes that some people will like what he does enough to enjoy it in the future.
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Nationality:
UNITED STATES
- Date of birth : 1951
- Artistic domains: Works by artists with a certified artist value,
- Groups: Certified Artists Contemporary American Artists
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