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Frank Auerbach: painting uncertainty
Picking up on something I wrote a while back after visiting a major retrospective of Frank Auerbach’s work held at Tate Britain: Frank Auerbach creates a cathedral of perception and then invites his viewers to do the same in this … Continue reading
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Tagged frank auerbach, istanbul, leon kossoff, london, painting, richard diebenkorn, studio, tate, uncertainty, visual arts
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Picking plums on the Bosphoros.
From our studio window we watch a small boy nimbly scale the fence, and inhabit the garden. His absorption is complete as he sets about filling his pockets, with the green fruit (“erik”) of the plum tree, first his front … Continue reading
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Tagged bosphoros, infecting the city, istanbul, johannesburg, privileged space, studios, travel, visual arts
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Meeting at the coalface: open studio
Arriving at my studio the morning of Open Studio I see a huge gathering of people with barrows, carts and trucks. They are all buying coal. Studios are often tucked away in corners of the city far from the gentrified … Continue reading
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Tagged art collecting, bosphoros, istanbul, studio, visual arts
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The wondering artist 