tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35518009.post6874414456804002088..comments2023-06-04T11:25:56.536+02:00Comments on Awaiting a Drawing: L’ombre d’un papillon en volWernerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02516107317933560391noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35518009.post-77445318201406265292012-08-10T23:22:39.025+02:002012-08-10T23:22:39.025+02:00Thanks Linda.
This is indeed a butterfly's sh...Thanks Linda. <br />This is indeed a butterfly's shadow. A real one. (The paper is only 13 x 19 cm / 5.1 x 7.5 in.) <br />I followed the butterfly for a long time with my sheet of paper, until the insect finally fluttered in that position between the sun and the paper that allowed me to capture the shadow. <br />What I was interested in here was not to provide a drawing of any shape and then say 'it's this or that', challenging the spectator to believe me or not.<br />The fact that the whole drawing is a single 'sfumato' is the result of serious and patient observation: Due to the big distance between the paper and the butterfly, the contours are really so blurry.<br />It was rather a challenge for myself, to try if it's possible to capture such an ephemeral moment in a drawing, and to see what remains. <br />And here, I still see the butterfly dancing in the air.Wernerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02516107317933560391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35518009.post-40563711453451853662012-08-10T15:37:31.654+02:002012-08-10T15:37:31.654+02:00I don't know what to say to this. Minimalism h...I don't know what to say to this. Minimalism has never been me. Inbetweenism would be more acceptable. And Overdonism is more likely at this point of my development. From here, I went to see Yoko Ono's exhibit in London. The galleries were elegant. The art looked elegant in the elegant galleries. But take away the elegant galleries and a spindle of thread with a needle stuck through it becomes the Emperor's New Clothes: nothing is there. As for the symmetrical arrangement of conical piles of dirt on the floor. That's been done so many times before. Now there a gal whose traveling on her late husbands fame and can talk a good game. <br />I did like your shadow of a man's head. I think the shadow of a butterfly is more a kite.Linda Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.com