Tuesday, September 8, 2009

the stars are clear sounds; the sun a magnificent silence; the moon?...whispers that are almost sounds in the undulating wave of noise the universe is









cracks in stan brakhage's dog star man - prelude - 1964











painting in dog star man - prelude











painting and some scratching in dog star man, part 3.


- related work -


jackson pollock - triad - 1948

jackson pollock - number 22a, 1948 - 1948

jackson pollock - untitled ca. 1950 (detail)

jackson pollock - one: number 31 - 1950

jackson pollock

barnett newman - untitled - 1961

clyfford still - painting - 1951-52

clyfford still - untitled (ph-58) - 1951 - detail
(one of my favourite paintings in the sfmoma)

robert motherwell - untitled - 1967

robert motherwell - octavio paz, three poems 8 - 1987

robert motherwell - in plato's cave

robert rauschenberg - untitled (glossy black painting) - ca. 1951

alberto burri - cretto - 1973

lucio fontana - concetto spaziale - 1952

(title from brakhage's the stars are beautiful)

5 comments:

Jason said...

Great Post, liking the related work section. Have to track down DSM for sure.

jacob said...

Maravilloso post.. !!

Corey Taché said...

Clyfford Still is one of my favorite painters, too. He seems like such a natural choice for your blog I'm surprised to find this is his first mention.

the art of memory said...

yes, one of my favorites as well.
they have some great ones at the sfmoma.

admin said...

great choices, interesting connections...