Wikipedia talk:WikiProject Visual arts

Different artworks? Different pages?..

Hello editors,

I have a question about Follow my dreams page. It is about a hand-painted mural by the italian artist TVBoy in 2022 in the city of Barcelona. This mural was originally called "Super Alexia" where you could read in the background the phrase: "Follow your dreams" with the footballer Alexia Putellas stepped out painted in a Superwoman outfit with a cape clearly visible on her back. In 2023, due to the multitude of vandalism acts, the artist decided to redo the mural, but neither the phrase nor the drawing of the player were the same. You can see the clear differences with the 2022 painting: [1] and the 2023 updated painting: [2]

In the Talk:Follow my dreams I proposed to make different articles because the new painting of 2023 should be treated as a completely different one even if it is located in the same place and on top of the old painting. The painting and the message in the background is totally different as you can read in the article: [3]

Throughout history, many painters have painted over other paintings and they have never been treated as updates of these but yes as a different works. It is currently an active dispute with user Kingsif that recently moved the page (Super Alexia to Follow my dreams) and reverses the edits I made because he wants to fix the date of the old 2022 painting but the name "Follow my dreams" was created in the year 2023 not in 2022.

What do you think?

Art collective infobox

I have created a prototype of an infobox for artist collectives (after struggling to use the general artist one for graffiti crews) and the instructions for creating infoboxes says to seek advice from the relevant WikiProject before publishing it - which I believe is this one. The infobox is here in my sandbox. I appreciate any feedback very much! -- NotCharizard ^🗨 12:36, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

Hmm, this will be appropriate for very few articles, I think. Johnbod (talk) 17:54, 6 September 2024 (UTC)

Request for Review of Sandbox Draft - Machiko Edmondson Article

Hi WikiProject Visual Arts Members,

I hope this message finds you well.

I have been working on a Wikipedia article draft about the artist Machiko Edmondson and have placed it in my sandbox for initial review. I would greatly appreciate it if members of WikiProject Visual Arts could take a look and provide feedback on the content, formatting, and compliance with Wikipedia’s guidelines.

Sandbox Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Xenopoiesis/sandbox

Summary:

Subject: Machiko Edmondson, an artist with extensive exhibitions in the UK and internationally.

Areas for Feedback:

Compliance with notability and verifiability standards. Formatting and structure improvements. Clarity and neutrality of the content. Thank you in advance for your time and assistance! Xenopoiesis (talk) 22:53, 29 September 2024 (UTC)

Requested move at Talk:Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?)

There is a requested move discussion at Talk:Portrait of a Man (Self Portrait?)#Requested move 23 September 2024 that may be of interest to members of this WikiProject. —⁠ ⁠BarrelProof (talk) 15:30, 30 September 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for Burney Relief

Burney Relief has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 16:48, 5 October 2024 (UTC)

Discussion of relationship between The arts, Art and Visual arts

There is a discussion on the relationship between The arts, Art and Visual arts at Talk:Art#Art vs The arts vs Visual arts merges that may interest members of this WikiProject. Rollinginhisgrave (talk) 13:27, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Desperate work needed on the page Artist.

The page for "Artist" is in a depressing state. When compared to pages for "Scientist" and "Engineer" it is obviously below the quality we should expect. Even compared to more specific occupations, such as "Plumber", "Aircraft pilot," and "Graphic designer," the page for Artist looks embarrassingly thin and poorly sourced. For example, Artist has an entire section on "Dictionary definitions" that seems to copy paste dictionary definitions from the Oxford English Dictionary without actually citing the dictionary, or quoting its definitions.

I understand that some high level articles don't get much attention as people are more interested in their niche interests, but this is among the worst pages I've seen on Wikipedia for topics that are taught at the elementary school level. The park by my university has a more comprehensive page. It is beyond my expertise to bring this page up to the level I'd expect for such an important topic, so I'm posting it here in the hopes it attracts the attention of an expert in Theory of art, or Art history. Thank you for your help and time. GeogSage ^{(⚔Chat?⚔)} 18:58, 10 October 2024 (UTC)

Brachiosaurus Replica

There's an ongoing discussion about the creation of Brachiosaurus Replica at Talk:Brachiosaurus Replica, if any project members are interested. Happy editing! ---Another Believer _(Talk) 16:22, 11 October 2024 (UTC)

Good article reassessment for The Nightmare

The Nightmare has been nominated for a good article reassessment. If you are interested in the discussion, please participate by adding your comments to the reassessment page. If concerns are not addressed during the review period, the good article status may be removed from the article. Z1720 (talk) 15:49, 13 October 2024 (UTC)