Ground Plane XV

 

corner of a window

 

brushed

 

MMXX2020
Edmund de Waal.  Oak panel with liquid kaolin, gold leaf, graphite, compressed charcoal and red oil stick in an open aluminium frame. Gilded on reverse.  25 × 18.5 × 5 cm

Dear Viewers,

Here is a nice film, of an artist using clay in a very painterly way.  The thing, I think, that makes a painting, is not so much the paint, but the brush.  "Painterly" is the word that artists use to indicate the gestural tracks and traces left by soft and wet materials being moved and spread by a brush.  Edmund de Wall is also a very fine writer, and if you haven't already, you should read his beautiful book, The Hare with the Amber Eyes.

Afternoon Delight

Dear Film Fans,

Here is a delightful film from the considerable backlog of good stuff we have here at the Dodo for your viewing pleasure.









PS
In a related film, learn about injection-molding here, without which there would be no Lego bricks.

On the Road.

Dear Ones,

Here is a poetically relevant and formally beautiful work for you by artist Francis Alÿs.  I am totally enamored with this artist; whom I was completely unaware of until this morning when another artist sent me a link to Francis Alÿs' project titled Color Matching.  You can watch that one too, if you visit his website, here.   I offer you the standard Way of the Dodo's money-back guarantee of satisfaction with this artist's work!