Seems like most ‘artists’ hate him?
I never could understand why?
Because most “artists” secretly want to be rich and famous.
But all other “artists” should be “starving artists.”
Their hatred, like most hatred, is rooted in “coveting.”
Contemporary artists dislike Kinkaid because he is successful because his work sells to people who don`t care about most contemporary art. These artists make art that is `important` not for its beauty but because it is about the right subjects, usually bashing Christianity and conservative values. Their work is indeed sophisticated—it is art aimed at other artists. Kinkaid`s work is closer to illustration. I find it pleasant but repetitive, but nothing special, but it`s cool that his work pleases people. 99% of contemporary art is meant to annoy, and the artists then get angrier because no one wants these annoying objects.
Can’t speak for anyone else, but his paintings are trite, formulaic and a little silly (you’d have to have a four-alarm fire roaring in every one of those houses to produce that orange glow in every window).
Hamburger Helper isn’t necessarily a bad product, but I don’t blame classically trained chefs for having some disdain for it. Same thing here.
plinyelder wrote: “Seems like most ‘artists’ hate him?I never could understand why?”
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One of the reasons is that many of his “original paintings” are not paintings at all, but “giclees.”
Giclee is a fancy word that means a photo reproduced by a computer ink-jet printer onto canvas. Kinkade then has subcontractor painters daub a little actual paint here and there to create the illusion that it’s a real painting.
There is nothing wrong with producing and selling giclees. It’s a valid form of art. But the buyers must understand what they are paying their money for.
Unfortunately, many of the buyers of these works were not clearly informed of the actual nature of the work they had purchased. That Antique Roadshow program on TV was continually turning away people who said things like, “Whadya mean, it’s not a one-of-a-kind oil painting. I paid $800 for it! It *must* be real.”
In other words — putting aside the issue of whether Kincaide’s work is repetitious, over-sentimentalized kitsch — many painters don’t like what they consider Kincaide’s dishonest way of treating his buyers. Cheating the art-buying public tends to hurt the honest artists.
As for people who think artists hate Kincaide’s work because it is pro-Christian or pro-conservative, that is naive. There is plenty of pro-Christian art out there. Support those artists by buying their work. (Just make sure you understand what it is that you are buying).
Because he blows?
Maybe because he paints nice pictures that people like rather than more “cerebral” crap that doesn’t really look like anything?
I don't "hate" him or them; it doesn't rise to that level.
I simply don't buy his paintings or frequent his galleries.
Technically very proficient, and the first time you see it there's something new and fresh about his work.... but very quickly it becomes boring and formulaic.
He's sorta like the Kenny G of the painting world.
Kincades paintings are sickly sweet, sentimental, formulaic and boring, but if you like yours, that’s fine. He has scammed the public and most artist I know are honest people and they don’t like that.
I don’t know. I’ve observed that also.
See post 4.
There's a word for this kind of stuff--schlock.
I think many artists and critics hold his work as “decorative” painting. Sorry, I don’t think of him as a serious artist, just a very good technical painter and marketing genius. I find it hilarious that people spend as much as they do on machine produced PRINTS of his work. NOT even originals. He’s sort of like the Franklin Mint Co. of Painters...
I agree that there is some delusional “hate” out there for anything that has even a hint of a “Christian” message. However, the Kinkade paintings do not pass muster as refined art. There are issues with his perspective and lighting. Look at the shadows on the ground in any of his paintings and you will determine that the world he paints in has more than one Sun (at least two in every painting). Having said that, I have a gallery proof of “Hometown Lake” in my dining room that was appraised at $4k, putting it in the price range of art that should not have these types of errors. I like playing with the light dimmer to change the appearance in the painting. Regardless of imperfections that most people would not notice, they are beautiful pictures.