mercredi 1 avril 2009

ars est celare artem

... art is to conceal art. i wish it was also sharing it and not lecturing you on it.

reading this reminded me of an exhibition i saw in 2000.




i don't have any intelligent thing to say about her paintings. only that i still remember the surprise when discovering they were not pastels but watercolours, that i felt terribly lucky to be able to look at them, and that it was perhaps much more about discretion than about secrets.
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  1. Alicia2 avril 2009 à 03:25

    i don't think i've ever seen watercolors that lifelike. amazing!

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  2. marie3 avril 2009 à 20:33

    and this dark, with such a powdered texture. they were so soft, both to the eye, and to the mind.

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  3. Anonyme3 avril 2009 à 22:56

    wow, they look almost like photographs! my favourite from the link is 'pile of records'. :)

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  4. marie4 avril 2009 à 10:54

    d'une autre mer - yes. very old photographs of objects that have had a long life. this one is my favourite too. :)

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