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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Formas que antes pareciam representativas, como continentes e ilhas, são abstraídas para revelar que mesmo a ilusão da forma tem uma grande influência na mensagem extraída da pintura. Para Bowling, “o tema da pintura é a tinta”, afirmou o filho do artista, Ben Bowling, em 2024.2 A ilusão de significado tem sua base na percepção dos elementos... See more

Imagine an art-lover at an exhibition entitled ‘Dots 2008’. He speaks to two artists, each displaying a painting. In both cases, the art-lover cannot see past the seemingly random arrangement of dots of paint. He mentions this to the first artist, who says: “Oh, no, they’re not randomly placed. Each dot represents a friend of mine. The colour of

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