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.A blog mainly on painting things, established in 2010 by Dougal McKenzie.
Tuesday 18 January 2011
The Painters' Maxim
Looking at a lecture by Malcolm Morley today (click on Post Title for link), he quoted something that Jasper Johns had said which struck a chord- it's really the only thing you ever need to know as a painter: "Do something, do something else. Do something else to that." When things are getting a bit tricky with a work, it's all you need to know.
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3 comments:
"Do something, do something else. Do something else to that." Love it, says it all really.
I gave this statement in a powerpoint recently, totally rings true
I just watched that full Malcolm Morley lecture, cheers for the link Dougal, it was great apart from the torturous Q&A session at the end. But for me the quote that really struck me was when he said "I ask then not about the meaning of the encoded message but rather about the meaning of the code chosen".
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