Probably my favourite construction
is one called The Lesson. A short
video of it is here but there
are many other possibilities that this odd tableau suggests
which I haven't yet explored. It was originally inspired
by the bathroom in the flat where I was living: there
was a narrow, deep-set window looking down onto a tall
tree which I could see when
I sat in the bath. I was drawing Augustine cartoons
at the time and the giant bird with a message just popped
up out of nowhere.
The initial walls/folds
of the scene are lined with mirror-foil and in this photo
they reflect a plant in my living room. There's a tiny
book on the window sill next to a blue crystal ball,
the title is Pensieri in Italian. It's a miniature book
I found. I painted images over
the text of some pages, repeating motifs from
this scene.
The Lesson NdA 1992 Mixed media. W78 x H29 x D15 cms�
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2 comments:
This is wonderful and its little narrative gains from the slow scrutiny of the video. 'You are forgetting to be amazed' is an injunction that we should all take to heart!
I hope you'll provide a record of the Wales visit. And don't forget to shout about the upcoming publication!
Dick, the bird's message is one that I keep reminding myself of, especially on grey days when amazement is stashed away like summer clothes.
I did mention The Project! Scroll down to the 19th March post.
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