Basking in Art

 We can begin by pouncing on the essentials of form.  A form can be given a specific vibration, a throb all its own. Retain your own curiosity in a conciliatory universe.  A form can have fullness and a tender simplicity or tension , a network of intersecting planes, or simple contours.  There can be open, blade-like planes intersected with one another forming an autonomous structure. It is not necessarily decipherable. Bear in mind that it is not necessary to produce cult objects. You can develop your own system of visual cues using fragments of reality. Develop, retain and enrich your own new formal language. Let it evolve. You can develop and introduce an internal consistency that exits in and for itself. In the spring of 1912 Picasso said “everyone talked about how much reality there was in Cubism. But they didn’t really understand. It’s not a reality you can take in your hand. It’s more like a perfume….in front of you, to the sides. The scent is everywhere, but you don’t quite know where it comes from.”

December 31, 2009. Uncategorized.