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31:45 Umm… we are different species. I am certain of it. Your obsession with metamorphoses through torture and raping the human soul is nothing else but your wishful thinking that you are Monarch butterflies awaiting in cocoons. One more monarch than the other. This insanity defines how you look at the world. You must ‘perfect’ it through the alchemy of turning gold into shit. Does a Monarch butterflies emerge when you submit a turd to great pressure, squeezing and polishing it? Perhaps a diamond with zillions of carats will, oozing what any turd and corpse ooze i.e. the infectious secretions of the cadaver of the human spirit.
18:00 Look at this shit 🙄 It’s ugly, boring, predictable forms… Them being easily recognisable like transparent substrata of intimated meaning is definitely NOT art.
It's just not a strong de Kooning. Good de Koonings hug the picture plane almost like a Mondrian. (think 'Excavation, 1950'). But here, in 'Saturday Night' the different quadrilaterals superimpose on each other step by step as your eye proceeds upward . That's why the near-shapes on the bottom seem closer than those towards the top. This is what would happen in a representational painting. There's a lot of juicy detail but with all the interruptions, they don't get it over the top.
I am so honored to know Charles Fleming for many , many years. His work and many contributions have been stellar. Great to hear that familiar chuckle. Much love my friend! Jeanie from Gene Lynns.
Wonderful seeing Charles Fleming looking and sounding so robust. He made a tremendous impact on me when l worked with him 1976-79. He was definitely ahead of his time in those days.
Charles Fleming and Michael Willis have had an extraordinary powerful impact on so many African American Architects. I am grateful for their knowledge.
What a lively discussion! Very much appreciated the questions at the end about how these vases landed in St. Louis and the Kemper Museum. Great job all!
The warm glow of a morning sunrise? But couldn't I just as legitimately say it resembles a fried egg floating in a swimming pool? It's nothing but a few squares! I try to see some kind of redeeming value in this minimalist abstract stuff but the first thought that comes to mind about squares, stripes, and paint drips is 'preschool.'
@bunny2131 I would just like to say, maybe your 2 year old brother can paint like this, but does he know how to separate Jung's theory of the collective unconscious from bad painting? If you would just read up on De Kooning, you will understand the methodology. Otherwise, I trust you're one of those realist-painting lovers. Go look at pictures of shit that's already here, and quit looking at a painter's talent - my own advice, direct from me to you.
