tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post3087125383005208396..comments2023-08-29T02:42:23.063-05:00Comments on ¡Bemsha SWING!: Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-48416844262038131022009-07-10T13:52:00.652-05:002009-07-10T13:52:00.652-05:00Corrected to "Hockney." I don't kno...Corrected to "Hockney." I don't know who "Hocking" is but somehow I wrote his name, whoever he is. <br /><br />Curiously I came across that "figure five" again in a monograph about Ruscha.Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3759353.post-7558877055630518612009-07-10T13:38:31.931-05:002009-07-10T13:38:31.931-05:00Hocking -> Hockney?
A current artist who does ...Hocking -> Hockney?<br /><br />A current artist who does the painted WORD (well, really drawn) is Molly Springfield. I kick myself for missing her show in SF -- something like <a href="http://mollyspringfield.com/artwork/481812_Page_10.html" rel="nofollow">this</a> is right up my street.<br /><br />Historically Johns' painting of symbols, designs, and letters is relevant. Going back further, Demuth's "Figure 5 in Gold" is a curious example, not especially representative of his work (and I don't know of what historical significance, though I certainly knew about it from a young age) but a good painting made from elements of the text of a poem.<br /><br />Digging way back, one could look at Poussin's "Et in arcadia ego" paintings; but that comparison I think would yield mainly a contrast.Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.com