This piece was fairly boring to me until I started reading a bit about the artist. The absolutely amazing thing about this piece is that all of the white lines are actually thin sections of unpainted canvas. The black is house paint applied with a fairly large brush. The concentric rectangles make me feel like I'm either looking down a hallway or have an Aeriel view of an Aztec step pyramid. The focal point is obviously the center, the eye pulled to the center of the canvas. Still, more geeking out about the method rather than the result.
Monday, February 15, 2010
Thomlinson Park Court - Frank Stella (1959)
This piece was fairly boring to me until I started reading a bit about the artist. The absolutely amazing thing about this piece is that all of the white lines are actually thin sections of unpainted canvas. The black is house paint applied with a fairly large brush. The concentric rectangles make me feel like I'm either looking down a hallway or have an Aeriel view of an Aztec step pyramid. The focal point is obviously the center, the eye pulled to the center of the canvas. Still, more geeking out about the method rather than the result.
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You've really hit on something here. When you describe 'geeking out over the method,' you're describing a major shift in the art world that came to prominence with the rise of postmodernism (an over arching cultural, as well as artistic movement). With postmodernism came the emphasis on process rather than end result-- the piece was just as much (if not more) about HOW it was made as is it was about WHAT was being made.
ReplyDeleteThis is really interesting, using house paint, it's so flat black and yeah, it isn't very interesting to look at until you find out how it was made. It seems too geometrical for my personal liking but it is interesting.
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