The gargantuan scale of everything in these images of Chris Ofili painting a backdrop for the Royal Ballet almost produces an experience of sublime; the sense of fragility of a painter facing such an enormous task reminds me of Friedrich’s Monk by the Sea, with his insignificance and mortality brought to the surface by the inefable.
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La colosal escala de todo lo que aparece en estas imágenes de Chris Ofili pintando un telón para el Royal Ballet de Londres casi produce una experiencia de lo sublime; la impresión de fragilidad de un pintor que encara una tarea tan enorme me recuerda al Monje ante el mar de Friedrich, con su insignificancia y mortalidad traídos a la superficie por lo inefable.
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Caspar David Friedrich, Monk by the Sea, 1808-1810. Image: www.realitybites.blogspot.com
All schools should be art schools.
3 comments
hfsjkhfjghas says:
mar 12, 2013
Ofili and Hockney, night and day.
Simon Zabell says:
mar 13, 2013
Does this mean that you like Ofili HFSJKHFJGHAS? you made clear your opinion about Hockney not knowing how to paint.
hjkfgsdhkfh says:
mar 13, 2013
oh, no! It was just a racist comment because Ofili is a black man, hahaha.
No, seriously, just look at that studio, all that paint on the floor. I want it.