so i guess there is a tendency or a compulsion to see depth in black particularly with white speckles, like stars of course, and that is countered here by the tactility of the surface.
And yet that seems to miss something essential here. Maybe the most important thing is the way the small crystalline-charcoal parts turn this way and that.
Interesting that you say that, because, of course, in life, the tiny particles do seem to shift with the light. I can never tell how much of that come through in a still photo.
Colored orbs always remind me of cosmic events. So I tend to see these 'notpaintings' as some form of cosmic tumult: galaxies being torn apart, planets being born, etc. And on the flipside, many of them remind me of events happening in the microscopic realm, mitochondria or bateria absorbing and excreting other microscopic forms. Those are the representative elements of the work.
But none of these things ever overpower the abstract core of the work, which to me, always has the final word.
That's it! These have this amazing automatic backstory/sideshow story...theyre freakin' pom-poms and glitter paint!....and yet 'the abstract core ...always has the final word'.
Collage, 4" x 5-1/2"
so i guess there is a tendency or a compulsion to see depth in black particularly with white speckles, like stars of course, and that is countered here by the tactility of the surface.
ReplyDeleteAnd yet that seems to miss something essential here. Maybe the most important thing is the way the small crystalline-charcoal parts turn this way and that.
Interesting that you say that, because, of course, in life, the tiny particles do seem to shift with the light. I can never tell how much of that come through in a still photo.
ReplyDeletei see - so there is no white? what is it?
ReplyDeleteI don't think there's any white. It's black glitter, so some pieces are reflecting light and appear white.
ReplyDelete(The glitter on the edge is a different type.)
Colored orbs always remind me of cosmic events. So I tend to see these 'notpaintings' as some form of cosmic tumult: galaxies being torn apart, planets being born, etc. And on the flipside, many of them remind me of events happening in the microscopic realm, mitochondria or bateria absorbing and excreting other microscopic forms. Those are the representative elements of the work.
ReplyDeleteBut none of these things ever overpower the abstract core of the work, which to me, always has the final word.
Phew. That's good.
ReplyDeleteThat's it! These have this amazing automatic backstory/sideshow story...theyre freakin' pom-poms and glitter paint!....and yet 'the abstract core ...always has the final word'.
ReplyDeleteCarla, you're the best.
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