Lee Krasner, Untitled, 1949. . . and me (photograph by Kay Mathew) |
The Krasner painting at the top of this post is another example of a grid with signs. As my friend Kay captured in this photo, I looked at this painting a long time, and kept coming back to it. From the museum signage: "Krasner invented a language of private symbols that implied but did not specify meaning. . . . These invented forms evoked the spirit of language without literally constituting it." I have been collecting images of such private languages for some time. I would like to make my own. I know what I have to say, but I have not found the forms.
Some other examples of work from the show that I loved, these all from the exhibition catalog:
Motherwell, The Little Spanish Prison (pl. 2) |
Mark Rothko, No. 1 (Untitled) (p. 39) |
Mark Rothko, Untitled (pl. 105) |
Franz Kline, Chief (pl. 42) |
Clyfford Still, 1951-T No. 3 (pl. 65) |
Joan Mitchell, Ladybug (p. 77) |
Grace Hartigan, Shinnecock Canal (pl. 78) |
Adolph Gottlieb, Blast, I (pl. 79) |
I hope you aren't teaching over Winter Term, Penny, because I'm sensing that you are on fire with ideas! That top Barnett Newman etching is very harmonious with the piece you made in your screen printing class earlier this year! I have an article on Still that I'm looking for to share with you when we have tea...
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