“My thought is that the artist functions in a tribal context, that he is the shaman. When the urban life came in, tribes no longer existed … but there was still a genetic core of shamans, broken loose and genetically floating around. And when they had this gene, they shook the rattles. The shamans were the interpreters of the unknown, they reacted to the unknown with symbols and objects and wall painting. And that’s where it all came from. That’s where I came from. But when you’re a young man you don’t know that. -- Ed Moses
Monday, June 18, 2018
DEVELOPING OPINIONS: ON LOOKING AT ELLSWORTH KELLY PRINTS @ NORTON SIMON
That's life. Will the big guy on top crush the little guy on bottom? Cheering on the little guy to hold on. Don't give up! I found the upper guy oppressive. And what's up with the place they seem to touch? Were they separable? Inseparable? How long until I see it as a Whole Object in Balance?Three times I missed the difference.
I thought I forgot to copy the other one and send it along.
I thought I took another photo of the same image.
The short term memory loss is crazy making.
I must remind myself that I am skilled.
Reliable beyond my idea.
Multiples like scales practiced.
Mathematical?
Which one do I like?
Thinking about looking at photo contact sheet through a loupe.
Looking for that distinction?
Perfect one?
Choices.
YELLOW ASSUMEDPrimari-ly but not primary.
Blue, Orange and Green
Is the same amount of yellow included in both orange and green?
Is this yellow what makes the composition hold together?
The tombstone says we add the yellow.
I don't miss it at all.
I like the whilte of the
5 distinct panels of color.
Yellow hops over white like a child caught in an ambivalent divorce of parents with joint custody.
Flipped?
PENETRATION OR IMPOSITION?
Which one?
Something is becoming ...
In the process
COLOR CAPTURES ATTENTION
Making room for strong opinions
Random thoughts looking for PATTERNS
Yellow hops over white.
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