The first piece i will introduce is made by Kerstin Bratsch from Germany. It was made 2010, Oil on paper. The colors all blend with a each other with a outspoken sense of symmetry. Its very messy and out of place but looks as if it was made that way purposely. While looking at this art work it makes my eyes tense from the continues amount of information and pressure this work is exerting. The work only includes what seems like bendy straws, color pencils and colored tubes. The colors actually blend so well with each other that you will literally have to look closely so you might miss any.
The second piece is more of my style. Its wild and spontaneous The Artist seemed as if he felt some urge and let his hand do all the talking. Im a big fan of the particular colors included. very bold and outspoken. The longer i look into the piece new shapes start to emerge. faces, body parts, animals even new colors start appearing. My jealousy is at an all new level. Made by Josh Smith from the U.S. in 2008.
The next art piece was made by Amy Sillman, American in 2006. Now this piece im not obsessed with the color scheme, and this might sound a little too out of the box. I love how the colors in a way make their own shape within the painting. That might take a little too sink in but the way everything was shaped seemed as if she just painting dots of each other and let them drip into the canvas itself. As if the oil took life and wanted to become itself in its stage of consciousness.
The final piece is my favorite. Made by Sol Lewitt, American Born, made in 2004. This piece was looks as if he took Legos and randomly arranged it into a beautiful psychedelic piece. The piece moves and twists and turns and looks as if it wants to break from the constant rectangular repetition. It waves and breathes and it wants to speak. No, im not on any drugs but this piece makes it seem that way. That illusion of movement and momentum.
All of these art work pieces have and explosion of color that not only tricks the mind but expands it, Reforms it, and makes something beautiful out of it. You see these paintings expecting one thing and it morphs into another.
It's a good group of works. I wasnt sure what the driving narrative was until the last paragraph, so maybe it would have been wise to lead off with that one.
ReplyDeleteAlso, the title of the show didn't point to the psychedelic, transformational, or trickster role of color that you're clearly interested in. Another choice in name would help to give a lead-in to your idea as narrator.
I love the focus on close description of the materials of the paintings, your optical experience and your interpretations about what the painting inspires in the observer. This is where the real story is in your narrative. I think it's cool that you also chose some works that you don't really like, it's more important that the narrative of the show is strong, rather than everything being your favorite.
Note:Kerstin Brätsch'd painting is actually paint,not bendy straws, which further argues for your narrative of the "trickster" capacity of color. http://www.balicehertling.com/braetschworks.html
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