The world is a harmless enigma made terrible by our own mad attempt
to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth
Umberto Eco 
"They Say the Owl is a Baker's Daughter" Ophelia, 1971
Untitled, 1971
Untitled, 1971
On the Name of Susan, 1971
Untitled (Sur le nom de Malibran la lettre "M"), 1971
Sur le Nom de Jonas/Extraite de La Comedie H./d'Olympio, n.d.
Untitled, 1969
"D" in Descartes, 1971
Untitled, 1971
Celestial Muse of Ping Pong, 1971
Untitled, n.d.
Laurel's Rabbit, 1971
Untitled, ca. 1965
Untitled, ca. 1965
from the digital archives of the Smithsonian American Art Museum
more examples can be found at the Archives of American Art
I don't know why but the appearance of a bird in Celestial Muse of Ping Pong feels... comforting. There's something in its more deliberate familiarity, I guess. Its presence also seems to make the main subject look like it's in flight. The second image keeps cracking me up though - it looks like Kermit the Frog, a locust, and Darth Vader all rolled into one silly creature.
ReplyDeleteVincent, thanks for your hilarious comment! I am just reading this wonderful book realizing he wasn't only an amazing visual artist, but also a very poetic and surrealistic writer.
ReplyDeleteThis is cool!
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