Large Mill, 1995, acrylic, gouache, ink, and pencil on paper, 90" X 88" (Stage One)
Stage Two
Final Version
never exhibited--done right before I moved to NY and started working with a computer. the piece got more difficult to look at as it was completed--by the end it was impossible for very long without retinal strain and headaches--the early stages appear tasteful in the polaroid scans but the colors are pretty artificial and obnoxious in person--I contemplated stopping the process and calling it done at many stages but pressed on out of some innate sense of responsibility to the initial premise. the "disc" design was originally based on paintings of rolled-up silk seen end-on in a Russian constructivist-influenced painting, I think by Liubov Popova.
I can see molecule arms in there: very fine , um, piece of thread. Right this has that post revolution malevich-color-metal--futurist-feel about it. Run doggy run!
The embodiment of the century 20 was nothing less than the black square. There were permutations on this. There was Bacon, Martin and a whole host of others. Even, some say there was Pink Floyd. These weren't side-attractions, or even new directions. Instead they were all part of and in the black square of the century 20.
Century 21 could all be held in the blue rectangle? OR IS THAT JUST out of the REAL ESTATE question!
It's a great piece anyhow, Tom, and good to see that process.
I like it a lot. what happened to it?
nice stuff Tom, again.
-Clayton
Nice. The drips are great. I'd like to see this with Schwarz's Wonder Bread painting.
Great, it really zaps my eyes!
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Large Mill, 1995, acrylic, gouache, ink, and pencil on paper, 90" X 88" (Stage One)
Stage Two
Final Version
never exhibited--done right before I moved to NY and started working with a computer. the piece got more difficult to look at as it was completed--by the end it was impossible for very long without retinal strain and headaches--the early stages appear tasteful in the polaroid scans but the colors are pretty artificial and obnoxious in person--I contemplated stopping the process and calling it done at many stages but pressed on out of some innate sense of responsibility to the initial premise. the "disc" design was originally based on paintings of rolled-up silk seen end-on in a Russian constructivist-influenced painting, I think by Liubov Popova.
- tom moody 12-12-2006 9:40 pm
I can see molecule arms in there: very fine , um, piece of thread. Right this has that post revolution malevich-color-metal--futurist-feel about it. Run doggy run!
The embodiment of the century 20 was nothing less than the black square. There were permutations on this. There was Bacon, Martin and a whole host of others. Even, some say there was Pink Floyd. These weren't side-attractions, or even new directions. Instead they were all part of and in the black square of the century 20.
Century 21 could all be held in the blue rectangle? OR IS THAT JUST out of the REAL ESTATE question!
It's a great piece anyhow, Tom, and good to see that process.
- anonymous (guest) 12-13-2006 3:33 am
I like it a lot. what happened to it?
- paul (guest) 12-13-2006 4:50 am
nice stuff Tom, again.
-Clayton
- anonymous (guest) 12-13-2006 5:40 am
Nice. The drips are great. I'd like to see this with Schwarz's Wonder Bread painting.
- steve 12-13-2006 6:40 am
Great, it really zaps my eyes!
- Thor Johnson 12-14-2006 9:51 am