Tuesday, April 24, 2012

George rush

My description of the Darker with The Day exhibition. April 9th was the day I went to see this exhibition of these gray scale paintings of windows. The paintings were focused on the windows themselves, not the objects in which you see through the windows. They were made with simple detail, but in a way that makes the piece look like it has grave detail. All of the window pieces were hung on the walls in separate areas to help create the illusion that they are window panes. Some of the pieces did have other objects in the picture but still focused on the window itself. The fact that the space between the pieces is as large as it is forces the viewer to really look at the surroundings and how it plays into the exhibition. The idea displayed within these pieces is to look at the window itself and what it means to focus on something that is usually just the look- through. This also shows how time is intertwined with the idea of the work. the time is clearly represented to me by the slight changes in a few of the pieces and the cast overs of shadow in the pieces. I would like to know "what exactly he was thinking when deciding to make his show about the window panes and represented time for the exhibition?" What type of emotional connection does he have to his paintings and their meaning? And does he still feel about the work as he did when starting it?

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