Ic ar r yar ound c er t ai ni mages ,s omet i mesf ory ear s .Ik now t hat Iwantt o do s omet hi ng wi t ht hem.Thi ss how i sbas ed onan Emi l Nol dewoodc ut ,ThePr ophet ,f r om 1912.Ther ei ss omes or t ofl ov ef ort he mat er i al i t yi nal lofmys our c es ,andIk eptt hi nk i ng aboutt hebl oc ki t s el f .Look i ng att heNol de,i t ’ sf l at ,i t ’ sonpaper . Ther ei s a mi nut e amountofmedi a,and y et s uc h a heav y c onnec t i on t ot he bl oc k .The mat er i al i t yi st her ei ns uc hahuge way .Ther e’ s an openes si nt he pr i ntt hatI ’ m at t r ac t edt o. I t ’ sa v er ymas c ul i nei mage. The pr i mar yf oc us oft hi ss how wast hes ef ourl ar gepai nt i ngs . The s mal l pai nt i ngsar eobv i ous l yr el at ed,butt her ei s mor eof as epar at i onbet weent hes i z es .Thepr ev i ouss howshav es t ar t ed wi t h an i mage t hat mi ght be r ec ogni z abl e and i s gr adual l y obl i t er at ed.It hi nkt hathappendsher e,buti t ’ smor eabr upt . Il ook att he ac r y l i c pai nt i ng as a gi antdr awi ng.Idon’ tk now and don’ twantt ok now how t o us e ai r br us h,ori nt hi sc as e, anai r gun.Iwantt o be dumb asf arasat ec hni c alex per i enc e. I t ’ st ak i ng t he ai r gun and dr awi ngoutt he i mage.My pr oc es s i ss t r i c t l y addi t i v e.I tt hen bec omesac c umul at i on,ac c umul at i on, ac c umul at i on.I ft her ei s a pr obl em i nt he pai nt i ng,i t get s c ov er ed up.Idi dn’ tk now whatt hi s pai nt i ng was goi ngt ol ook l i k e.Is t ar t edus i ng i r i des c entpai nt ,whi c kl i k et hegol dands i l v er i n ol derpai nt i ngs i s a nas t y ,pr obl emat i c el ement .I t ’ sbeaut i f ul i nt hear eaup att he t op,butIc ont i nuet obl as ti tandt hei mage get s obl i t er at ed.Ik new t hatIwant ed anex i toutoft hebodyof wor k ,andmay bet het hi npai nt i ngdoest hat .
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