Bridget Riley and the Philosophy of Stripes
He would subsequently reflect on this encounter: “The brochure advised me that it was a haystack. I had no idea what that was. This non-recognition was excruciatingly distressing for me. The painter, in my opinion, had no right to depict incoherently. I had a distinct impression that the painting’s subject was absent. And I was surprised and
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To let the eye stray over a palette, splashed with many colours, produces a dual result. In the first place one receives a PURELY PHYSICAL IMPRESSION, one of pleasure and contentment at the varied and beautiful colours. The eye is either warmed or else soothed and cooled. But these physical sensations can only be of short duration. They are merely... See more
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Learning that Jackson Pollock laid his canvases on the ground and incorporated whole body movement into creating his paintings has made me appreciate abstract art a little more than I did. I love the idea of using direction and speed to drip paint instead of precision. I learned that his method was very intuitive and meant to represent his psyche.
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