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THE WEATHER OF WORDS D is for Dante, who has not influenced me, which is too bad. On the other hand, I am not sure what the influence of Dante might be, and I would think it quite strange to read somewhere that one of my contemporaries had been influenced by him. How very grand, I would think. Mark Strand A poet’s alphabet 

To work with something that’s already there? Here is Robert Longo Transposing works by other artists into a new, large-scale format in shades of black and white, Longo brings together the different approaches of these painters to form a new, unified visual language. Longo’s ambition was to translate these paintings into his own language, to free the language imprisoned in a work by recreating…

(Art history reimagined, number 1 (Françoise Gilot: self portrait, Visage dans le vent)) A month ago I started a sort of research project called art history reimagined. I think of it as a way, for me, to get better aquatinted with & to get a personal connection to parts of art history by sketching my way through it. Contrary to most art historical studies, mine is organised by whim, rather than…

… well, not necessarily to be ironing someones shirt…, but to one day be able to make a drawing as simple and perfect as this – Jean Dubuffet Woman Ironing a Shirt, I(December 1951) Jean Dubuffet was a French painter, sculptor, and printmaker, best known for his development of the term art brut. This is what MoMA says about him: Jean Dubuffet’s work is marked by a rebellious attitude toward…

Lois Dodd: Environment from Alexandre Gallery on Vimeo. Lois Dodd

Starting something new, an experiment, a voyage into unknown territory, guided by Vera Iliatova. There is nothing more to share yet, except for this: I’m revisiting the great Andrey Tarkovsky, rediscovering things seen a long time ago and discovering things hitherto unknown. In my search I even found a former me, hidden on the beautiful pages of Gwarlingo. I believed I was starting something…

I love my garden studio, it’s a dream come true. But …, I could use a few extra square meters … Especially now, having included 3D paper objects to my repertoire. Or maybe a few linear metres will do? Paper vessels testing the ‘test-shelf’ Yesterday my builder friend put up a new “test-shelf” on the wall. We call it a “test-shelf” because I will try it out before we decide whether to extend…

Reading Kay Ryan’s essay “A consideration of Poetry” I first came to Kay Ryan’s poetry via @poetryisnotaluxury, who one day shared this marvelous poem on Instagram: THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOMThe room is almost all elephant. Almost none of it isn't. Pretty much solid elephant. So there's no room to talk about it. Straight away I knew I had to read more Ryan! And so now I have three of her books…

Yesterday I completed my year-long sketch project If you haven’t followed the project from the start; here is a short recap: Every morning (starting July 1st 2023) I started my day by making a quick and simple still life sketch. Rules: The still life would be the first thing I made every morning. All works were made on A3 paper, portrait orientation. The set-up was limited to 5 objects…

Just a painter? For many artists it’s difficult to find words to explain what one does and why. Susan Rothenberg said: It’s not about issues, it’s not about politics, it’s not about process, it’s not about technology. I’m just a painter. And maybe that’s the point – a painter is just a painter and the role of painting is to express things beyond words. Still it is interesting to talk about it,…

Papier-mâché and folded cardboard, using used materials to make new art.

— and this is a beautiful interview with the artist Nancy Gruskin

Big painting in progress. It might look like travesty or parody, like a joke on behalf of the grand tradition of still life, but I can assure you: it’s not! This is simply where my art wants to go when it’s free to choose its own way …

Here is a link if you want to follow it day by day

still very fascinated & amused by the work and thoughts of Tal R