“One solid truth. (is this a donkey?)” by Vered Terry
Following our conversation, reading other’s view points, i wanted to do something about it for this monthly theme. Not as an illustration, but to figure out, if possible, how we look at reality, or reality represented in art. I think I know one thing for real, then I read a different view and it opens my eyes to different possibilities. When I change my angle of observation things are less impossible. I first thought of “reflection” as “contemplating”, but giving up “reflection” as a “mirror image” was out of the question. We are all in a way reflections for each other, sometimes i don’t know which side of the mirror I am or don’t even care. I tool a pink photo of donkey (photo, not a real donkey, with René Magritte’s pipe for Michel Foucault” “this is not a pipe” in mind) and reused it differently in an oil painting I put upside-down. (a digital image of a real painting). I often turn my works this way and find new meanings and see things I did not notice before. I did not invent this kind of observation, but I use it just the same.
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Title of work “One solid truth. (is this a donkey?)”
and i’d like to add Joseph Kosuth Chairs which explains everything or nothing
Size of work ( either cm or inches) painting – 50X70, + digital file
Style: Conceptual surrealism
Technique, Medium & material used Oil painting on canvas + a digital image
Date work was completed (only submit work of the current year) end of August, 2013
This is a beautiful work reflecting your ability on canvas and digital imaging. Everything except the donkey and the segment behind it seems inverted adding to the interest of the composition. It is a piece that continues to capture the attention regardless of how long one reflects upon it.
I appreciate your concept of questioning truth and inverting a painting plus your reference to the works of Magritte and Joseph Kosuth! Overview this is a strong composition and you have developed a powerful art language by your use of the materials and the particular way that you make marks. It is fun to see you taking this art language into the direction of not only observation but conceptualization. I enjoy the art work and overview it feels quite playful to me! Well done.