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(5.) “Marksmanship: It combines the four above criteria, […] It   There  are  art  philosophers  and  critics  who  claim that  a
            is the craftsmanship and knowledge from which the term ‘art’   creative work only becomes a work of art through its verbal
            can be derived. […] It is the wisdom of the means allowing   interpretation. I think they are wrong! The oldest works of art

            the artist to achieve a desired effect through the coherent   in the Western world are those linear engravings of vulvas in
            design of an original concept.”                      the abris of Castelmerle (Dordogne) dating back approximately
            To me as an artist, marksmanship means hitting the target   30,000 years [2]. They were, supposedly, created as pre-verbal

            at a sufficient expense, at best by way of a chest hit. But the   signs at the time being. These engravings are artifacts of early
            target must not be crushed.                          humankind! They take effect by themselves, non-verbally,
                                                                 they do not need any verbose interpretation, nor does any
            In my contribution to this catalog, I describe some examples   other work of art. My hypothesis is that (presumably young)
            for a  creative  liberation from the constraints of external   men used these drawings to “liberate” themselves from ritual

            modalities (cf. pages  134 – 163 ).                  constraints or taboos set up by their horde.


            Placed in front of my motif – a landscape or still life – I have   Conclusion:  Artists‘ works of color, shape, sound, word,

            a kind of silent conversation with it. Recording this dialog   dance, and acting initially enrich their creators themselves,
            constitutes my work. I am quite at ease when looking for   and then those perceiving them. They lead us out of the
            beautiful motifs. While painting in the countryside, I often   narrow conditions of everyday life and take us to idealized
            wear headphones listening to classical music from a portable   virtual world, thus making life more valuable. All these artists
            CD player. After about 20 to 30 minutes, I am finished. No   are necessary and not “good-for-nothings”.

            re-working. The spontaneous impression received on site has
            been captured. If the work is a successful one according to
            the artist’s view, it will also please a sensitive viewer. He or   Bibliography:

            she may trace its lines, coloring, spontaneity, marksmanship,   [1]   Leonhard, Kurt (1961. Die Heilige Fläche und Objokus. Stuttgart: Ernst Klett Verlag.
            or design power, and they may perhaps enrich the viewer.   [2]   Ruspoli, Mario (1986). Die Höhlenmalerei von Lascaux. Paris: Larousse-Bordas.
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