Note on Art

Note on Art

A note from LeRoy Neiman on his artistic process.

This note from LeRoy Neiman discusses his artistic process. Mixing the language of a kind of biological determinism (e.g. “stimulus conditions and responses” or “external stimulus stimuli”) with a discussion of the less tangible, wandering mechanics of thought (e.g. “gist of things”, “association”, “drawing attention - trial and error / trial and error - insights”), Neiman confuses what might considered two disparate modes of cognition. That said, the distinct conversations seem to merge around a consideration of “tactics”, framing the artist’s work as a perpetual pointing towards reaching some sort of unnamable, yet determinate, ends.

LeRoy Neiman

LeRoy Neiman Foundation

LeRoy Neiman Foundation

c. 1990-2011

LeRoy Neiman

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Notes

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English

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New York (N.Y.) New York

thinking – silent speech
gist of things
I think
stimulus conditions and responses
observable behavior
drawing
nonverbal art
external stimulus stimuli
association
A task – a goal problem solving
drawing attention – trial and error
trial and error – insights
novelty – surprise, complexity (curiosity, conflict) incongruity, ambiguity, uncertainty
exploring behavior and aesthetics

Pencil on paper.