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)
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5 comments:

  1. JasonSeptember 9, 2009 at 2:04 AM

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

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  2. jacobSeptember 9, 2009 at 7:30 AM

    Maravilloso post.. !!

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  3. Corey TachéSeptember 27, 2009 at 2:01 AM

    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.

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  4. the art of memorySeptember 28, 2009 at 11:03 AM

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

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  5. adminDecember 8, 2009 at 2:20 AM

    great choices, interesting connections...

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