Sol long, farewell
OK, so that pun is straight out of the ad-pit's book of goofy puns, but i'm sick, so don't hassle me.
I found out by reading sublime-ation that Sol Le Witt died! Shit! I'm not really a minimalist, or a non-objective artist, but when i saw his work at the MCA years ago, it broke the frame for me. no longer was i bound to a 'format' or 'frame', i could paint shit on the walls, and then clean it up afterwards! i could make bold statements quietly and people would listen, without having to slather goop all over the place. not that i have that level of grace, subtlety or precision in my work, but by seeing Sol Le Witt's work, all these things were suddenlty afforded me.
I know that Le Witt has influenced a tonne of great artists and it's weird when an iconic artist, or even someone that you look up to, dies. Suddenly the pool of talent gets a little shallower and the distance to the end of the line gets a little shorter.
May the guy rest in peace.
UPDATE:: And then i read on stan's blog that Kurt Vonnegut has died too!! he started off in PR, realised that it was rubbish and decided to write fantastic and whacky novels instead. May that guy rest in a crazy three piece suit.
4 comments:
oooh i kinda thought he was already dead. geez i'm bad.
You're sick? Maybe all that interstate driving? Hope you feel better soon.
lol!! that happened to me with some dead guy a while ago.. he he.
yeah - i've got a wicked cold - my body unravelling after the stress of the last couple of weeks/months/year.
i thought of you yesterday - i was getting the run-through on a commercial diswasher (for a dishpig job) and the spikes that are on the trays which hold plates look like your scrunchy origami peaks!
oh well. i guess it would be worse if i'd thought he was already dead and he was only 35 or something.
Yeah it's funny how these things often catch up on you when you slow down and relax a little. Somehow the body knows when you can't afford to get sick.
Wow, that is interesting! It has been remarked upon that the crumplings resemble fungus or geological forms but never parts of a dishwasher! Wish i could see that dishwasher.....might be the first time i ever said that.
ooh no~! Just was listening to Vonnegut interviewed on radio, so of course i thought he was alive! Damn radio national they are always repeating interviews with people that just died, it's very confusing.
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