before2009 1658

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Comment by Resident Curator on June 3, 2021 at 1:53pm

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This seemingly untitled piece (numerically designated before 2009 1658) conveys a quiet intimacy.  I’ll echo Bob’s much earlier comment about the closeness of the figures conveying a touching embrace.  The low contrast achromatic diptych looks to be a painting, although media and scale aren’t noted.  The central line dividing the two halves of the piece creates an interesting formal and psychological dynamic- a threat of separation to a bonded trio.  While the pale grey tonalities could imbue the bodies with a ghostly presence, I instead see the texture as solid and stone-like rather than ethereal.  The continuous background modulations read as a type of visual static.  It fills every inch of space with the presence of the connected figures.

Comment by Bob Batchelor on April 7, 2009 at 4:40pm

Ghost like figures, so close to each other! Very touching work.