Steven Daluz definiton of "the sublime" and his own filosophy of it from the huffington article made by Brandon Kralik

1. “Importance of the
Sublime in Today's
Painting”

2. “Is the Sublime of any importance in today's painting? I definitely think so. We
live in a time of much chaos: political friction, economic concerns,
environmental issues, terrorism -- there is a lot of anxiety out there...yet, there
is a kind of longing for something more -- a desire even for art that makes
us "feel" -- to connect with something beyond ourselves...”

3. “I suggest we consider an option that has been explored in the Romantic
Era, during the period of Modernism, by the Abstract Expressionists and,
yes, even by purely conceptual artists. I am suggesting that we consider
the Sublime, as a current, accessible, and relevant mode of
representational artistic expression.
Great philosophers and scholars in aesthetics refer to the sublime as a
quality of greatness. It refers to greatness beyond measure,
transcendent and awe-inspiring. Nothing compares to it. It is
"ungraspable" Something that is sublime is capable of causing
amazement, awe, and wonder...”

4. “We live in a digital world now. A "technological sublime" is surfacing,
yet, many in the world still long for that which is made by human hands --
one of a kind. As representational artists, we are free to express with or
without those technologies. However, unlike fast-paced visual effects in
film and video clips, a painting slows things down -- not only for the
artist, but for the viewer. It freezes a moment in time, allowing for great
contemplation...
Some figurative painters working today who raise the sublime with their
work do so in ways similar to 19th Century Romantics...others approach
it from a different perspective, re-imagining what it can mean in the
realm of representational art...”

5. “Beyond the natural, earthly realm, we can consider the massiveness of
the cosmos. Truly, this is something we can barely begin to put in any
meaningful perspective. It is sublime, not because it concerns the real,
but because it reveals the limitations of our attempts to put our minds
around it. As Kant said, we are "A finite humanity cast into an infinite
world. " The aesthetic idea is a presentation of the imagination to which
no thought is adequate."
“I believe the sublime offers a contemporary conduit, for representational
artists to explore their ability to transport the viewer in this present age.”

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