tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post1459671066809445640..comments2024-03-29T06:46:10.487-04:00Comments on Studio and Garden: The Fierce Lyricism of Joan MitchellAltoon Sultanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-78660020291009429752011-11-23T09:49:38.320-05:002011-11-23T09:49:38.320-05:00Ms. Wis., I agree on how impressive the diptychs a...Ms. Wis., I agree on how impressive the diptychs are, since she did not see them together, at least in earlier years.<br />Julie, it's so interesting how close-up views can change one's idea of a painting. There's nothing like standing in front of a painting and moving close and far to experience all of its qualities. And thanks for the memory of Mitchell from all those years ago.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-34184133370210417452011-11-23T08:27:18.174-05:002011-11-23T08:27:18.174-05:00Your focus on some of the details makes me experie...Your focus on some of the details makes me experience some of JM's work from another perspective due to zooming down the scale. A new way into her space. And I love how you send us in & out of those trees. That movement is what I most remember about Mitchell in those vague childhood memories. My mother tells me she would sometimes stay with us In Chicago. during Xmas visits to see her family. I recall hand gestures in continual motion, the contrast between light skin and dark hair and a voice that was atypical for most women of that generation. But one never knows about memory and where the lore affects the recall.Julie Siegelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17668542359534413638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-20977508842860025592011-11-22T12:52:37.147-05:002011-11-22T12:52:37.147-05:00Every one more gorgeous than the last. I had not r...Every one more gorgeous than the last. I had not realized the diptychs were the result of space constraints; makes the strength of them even more impressive.LINDA from Each Little Worldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02380944603357066650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-7206429341172022702011-11-21T12:24:14.561-05:002011-11-21T12:24:14.561-05:00Ann, thanks so much for your nice comment, and the...Ann, thanks so much for your nice comment, and the suggestion of the film on Mitchell. It's not yet available as a dvd, but I've put it in my queue.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-76291585081778609652011-11-21T10:24:09.855-05:002011-11-21T10:24:09.855-05:00Your selections here are wonderful. I love Mitchel...Your selections here are wonderful. I love Mitchell's work. There is a film of her, late in life, and it's definitely worth seeing: "Joan Mitchell:Portrait of an Abstract Painter," by Marion Cajori. I have also just discovered your website, and I like your work very much.Ann Knickerbockerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15739917751844932016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-5038190892912779682011-11-20T21:38:24.992-05:002011-11-20T21:38:24.992-05:00thanks, stuart, I agree that Mitchell's propor...thanks, stuart, I agree that Mitchell's proportions are wonderful; that diptych format especially.<br />and thanks, Walt, for your memory of Mitchell. It's true that with the de Kooning show along with this Mitchell, we are thinking of *Painting* in all its glory.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-52039061493107844732011-11-20T20:03:41.746-05:002011-11-20T20:03:41.746-05:00Great post. Just saw the show a couple days ago, b...Great post. Just saw the show a couple days ago, but enjoyed seeing it again through your eyes very much! I had the good fortune of meeting her a couple of times briefly while working for D.A.D. art movers back in the the day...NYC circa 1980. She was cantankerous, and didn't suffer fools gladly. But also engaging, curious and open. Its funny how inspiration, in the form of other artists, finds you sometimes in cycles... I always liked and respected her work, but hadn't thought much about it in a long time. Had occasion last year to visit the Musee Des Beaux-Arts Du Quebec and saw the work of Jean-Paul Riopelle, with whom Joan Mitchell had a long lasting artistic and personal relationship...and started thinking about her again. Then here comes a deKooning retrospective and the Cheim and Reid show... suddenly the whole period, including the work of important figures like Joan Mitchell, seems alive and present once more in the most delicious way!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07965673151127618945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-42403318546267673292011-11-20T17:24:56.085-05:002011-11-20T17:24:56.085-05:00we both really really like her -- thanks for the l...we both really really like her -- thanks for the lovely slides and commentary -- she has a distinctive width brush, cool proportions of width and length, kind of the way an ellsworth kelly line is cool.... <br /><br />stuartAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com