(no subject)
“These brush strokes, forever catching the
changing light, the accidental drips, the swirling
paint sometimes laid on like butter or mixed up
like concrete or at other times reminiscent of the viscousness of black pitch, are all testaments to
a unique way of making and marking down reality
in a visual way, which is all that visual art of
whatever direction can ever hope to do.”
Norman Rosenthal on the work of Frank Auerbach, and art in general.
also dont youthink this is beautiful
The fate of the animals by Franz Marc
1913 Oil on canvas, 196 x 266 cm; Kunstmuseum, Basle
changing light, the accidental drips, the swirling
paint sometimes laid on like butter or mixed up
like concrete or at other times reminiscent of the viscousness of black pitch, are all testaments to
a unique way of making and marking down reality
in a visual way, which is all that visual art of
whatever direction can ever hope to do.”
Norman Rosenthal on the work of Frank Auerbach, and art in general.
also dont youthink this is beautiful
The fate of the animals by Franz Marc
1913 Oil on canvas, 196 x 266 cm; Kunstmuseum, Basle