I see a good deal of Stanley Spencer in Doig. Does anyone else? I'm thinking in particular of one depicting clothes on a line blowing in the wind and of Landscape in North Wales - it's something about the angle of the view.
I happen to have seen the Doig exhibit at the Tate Britain, blogged about it just a bit, and would like to point to a very interesting interview with him in Bomb Magazine:
You're right about SS in PD, Frank. It's also a certain slant of light, the way it leans into the work. I see Emily Carr, David Milne, Monet, Lawren Harris and, even, BION, a touch of William Kurelek, a fact which makes sense given PD spent much of his younger time in Canada. And, L. Lee? You lucky dawg; save the last glance for me me meanderthal me :). Thanks for that link, thoroughly illuminating and worth its weight in withits. (The way he describes the shaping of art's unforgettable; plus, it abso-deffo applies to making poetry.)
Happy Easterlies, Westerlies, and Besterlies, Y'All . . .
I happen to have seen the Doig exhibit at the Tate Britain, blogged about it just a bit, and would like to point to a very interesting interview with him in Bomb Magazine:
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You're right about SS in PD, Frank. It's also a certain slant of light, the way it leans into the work. I see Emily Carr, David Milne, Monet, Lawren Harris and, even, BION, a touch of William Kurelek, a fact which makes sense given PD spent much of his younger time in Canada. And, L. Lee? You lucky dawg; save the last glance for me me meanderthal me :). Thanks for that link, thoroughly illuminating and worth its weight in withits. (The way he describes the shaping of art's unforgettable; plus, it abso-deffo applies to making poetry.)
ReplyDeleteHappy Easterlies, Westerlies, and Besterlies, Y'All . . .