journal
clouds, the lives of, including Lines 1 and 2, Aerials, Descent and Red Sky, Blue Bleed
inside inside, outside outside, the inbreath and the outbreath from the series The Life of St. Rutland
victim detail (head) – Balthus – from the series Profane Icons
ऋतु from the series Profane Icons
judge for yourself, lest I be judged in your stead… from the series Profane Icons
… on the subject of proxy – or representation: to wit, the latest by Smythe & co. here? or: bow wow – or: This is not a metaphor (except, of course, if, as the comments suggest, we consider that the NZ cultural polity is suffering a seizure)
‘style is a personal form of originality‘ – Baudelaire; to the limit of all faculties – Deleuze’s Kant; truth is more important than art – Lord’s Giacometti
The problem of vision for Giacometti was to find the style which would most amply and truly embody it. That is the problem, of course, of all art, and it is the cruelest problem of all, for it tests the personal resources of the artist beyond the limit of his