My sister got me this amazing Lucio Fontana book for X-mas. It was the bestest gift, because she's not into visual art so much, doesn't know this artist and all, so she did some detective work. I had seen plenty of his cut canvas pieces, but he did a lot of really interesting things with copper, etc. Thinking about negative space in ways that I've been wanting to investigate. He would sometimes cast little glazed, ceramic pieces for a work, like here:
Called "Concetto Spaziale (conceptual space), The Sky of Venice" Which got me thinking about Jim Hodges's work. Namely these pieces of scratched sky:
And some of his collage stuff:
And about how work can take on meaning with multitudes (hm that phrase sounds kinda nice). The more work you make- especially if you're making Minimalist work like this--the better chance there is for some kind of logic and meaning and understanding to come through. If I saw any one of these pieces by itself, I might not be that interested, but because there are a number of pieces with the same aesthetic, my interest piques up. Anyways, this is just me trying to understand why i've become drawn to this certain aesthetic of muted color palettes, central images, amoeba-like forms, etc. Like this stuff, which I found in a sketchbook:
Speaking of blobby monochromes, i took this photo when i was home, of our frozen cabin and I like it:
I love how you have such a distinct aesthetic, and a very fine eye! are those notebook sketches yours??? they're awesome!
ReplyDeleteand I love the photograph!