MICHAEL FRIED’S MENZEL
Make much use of the eye,
illumination forces us to peer.
Connection between them.
His own hands
and feet,
extended somewhat behind him,
larger than would be warranted by the laws of perception,
foot, and in particular, the improbably raised big toe.
Remarkably early gouaches
intended to suggest.
Evocation of entire realm of the subcutaneous.
Dark paint running down rivulets
starting to drop below the rim of the dish.
Menzel’s corporeal realism reaches . . .
Menzel’s oeuvre presents to us.
Menzel’s Oeuvre.
Menzel has depicted himself:
empty right hand gesturing
lyrical and corporeal images before us:
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