> >I was quite interested that you draw an aesthetic anaology with
> >Giacometti's drawings because I felt there was some kind of
> >similarity with the sculpture of Anish Kapoor. I have no idea why at
> >this point, just a certain aesthetic resonance.
>
> It didn't leap to my mind, probably because I've only seen one of his
> sculptures, though I've seen pictures of others. Perhaps it's the depth
> and glow of the pigment, which foregrounds a tactile quality of sight ...
> Isn't Kapoor touching some deep ideas on memory?
>
> Best
>
> Alison
I think there's something atavisitic about some of Kapoor's work;
there sometimes is with Prynne too, I think, but I think it's a more
general thing to do with movements or gestures in the direction of
the sublime, "framed" by an austere beauty. As I said before, a
general aesthetic resonance or a certain "structure of feeling" to
pinch a phrase from Raymond Williams.
Jon
"Bewildering spring, and by the Auvezere
Poppies and day's eyes in the green email
Rose over us"
"Near Perigord", Ezra Pound
Jon Clay - [[log in to unmask]]
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