tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post8117922042630618752..comments2024-03-29T06:46:10.487-04:00Comments on Studio and Garden: Philip PearlsteinAltoon Sultanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-17875889064561985282010-01-05T22:57:07.045-05:002010-01-05T22:57:07.045-05:00Thanks for the insights. We're so used to Pear...Thanks for the insights. We're so used to Pearlstein's nudes that it's hard to remember our initial reaction. And I have to admit that now, I am as interested in the objects as in the bodies. Pearlstein is one of the artists featured in the book "In Artists' Homes" which looks at the objects they collect and the interaction with their artwork.LINDA from EACH LITTLE WORLDhttp://eachlittleworld.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-17387916617253752472010-01-05T21:25:02.969-05:002010-01-05T21:25:02.969-05:00thanks for the Robbe-Grillet quote, rappel; it see...thanks for the Robbe-Grillet quote, rappel; it seems brutal, but I find it beautiful (a statement for a stickie note on the desktop). And how great to know that Pearlstein's paintings were an embodiment of a new way of seeing the world. Would this be similar to an updating of empiricism?Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-22974404365235894952010-01-05T20:26:36.048-05:002010-01-05T20:26:36.048-05:00I remember when Pearlstein was you teacher & y...I remember when Pearlstein was you teacher & you introduced me to his nudes. As a teenage girl I found them most unsettling. 40 years later his style is still very much "Pearlstein", but now I find his nudes intriguing.<br />J.R. Maybe we shouoldn't call the nude in the first painting obese. That's another topic that time has taught me to view with a bit more leniency. CherylAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-76779093347490635782010-01-05T20:17:09.357-05:002010-01-05T20:17:09.357-05:00Starting in the sixties Philip was doing for paint...Starting in the sixties Philip was doing for painting what Robbe-Grillet was doing for fiction. Radical change of emphasis and perspective. Referencing thoughts laid out in "For a New Novel" by Robbe-Grillet (1963); "...the world is neither significant nor absurd. It 'is', quite simply. That, in any case, is the most remarkable thing about it."rappelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03569445602513667186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-2102097936879138722010-01-05T17:00:09.214-05:002010-01-05T17:00:09.214-05:00I'm glad to have brought Pearlstein's work...I'm glad to have brought Pearlstein's work to the attention of some who didn't know it; it also illuminates my own origins as an artist, as leilani notes. I do think, rappel, that eschewing narrative is the most radical aspect of the paintings; after all, the figure in history painting was the highest category of painting in the academy. What a change from the Death of Marat!Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-25604127388595720302010-01-05T16:49:25.674-05:002010-01-05T16:49:25.674-05:00What has always fascinated me about his work is th...What has always fascinated me about his work is the deliberate lack of narrative - while using nudes, no less.rappelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03569445602513667186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-31620177943182599572010-01-05T12:44:49.674-05:002010-01-05T12:44:49.674-05:00Shocking to new eyes, yes. But intriguingly so. ...Shocking to new eyes, yes. But intriguingly so. Your prose helps me really see and understand more than I would have looking at it alone. Also, I certainly can see his influence in your work. Wonderful. Thank you.leilani bennettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-22239595885561211732010-01-05T11:24:34.606-05:002010-01-05T11:24:34.606-05:00Ah, physical form as "still life"...reme...Ah, physical form as "still life"...remembering how still i had to be as a model those very many years ago. Yes, the green floor is remarkable. Glad you drew my attention to it, and the felted rug is exquisite! Another wonderful complex sharing, which you can do so well! Thank you, Altoon.Maggie Nealehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06793869416867166254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-79437767946951870782010-01-05T09:50:10.985-05:002010-01-05T09:50:10.985-05:00Such an interesting comment, J.R. I'm so accus...Such an interesting comment, J.R. I'm so accustomed to the vision in these paintings that they no longer startle me; how fascinating that to a new eye, they still have to power to shock.<br />I also like how you see that Pearlstein is using the model as one part of the still life setup.Altoon Sultanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16743040814034732581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7658518583188826551.post-88176410433186031302010-01-04T22:33:04.603-05:002010-01-04T22:33:04.603-05:00Pearlstein's nudes are quite shocking indeed! ...Pearlstein's nudes are quite shocking indeed! As you mentioned, there does not appear to be any attempt to "romanticize" the body image. It is as realistic as it gets. The skin folds on the obese model in the first painting seem to be extended in the plump folds of the yellow drape. In the second painting, the emaciated body of the model is reflected in the bare floor, and the artist's decision to not include the model's face or head really seems to place emphasis on the "bareness" of the body itself. In the last painting, the relaxed body lies limply in the same manner as the fabric she is laying on. Even the folds in the cloth seem to extend the shape of her body. Personally, I am fascinated by the way that Pearlstein has incorporated the entire multiplicity of form into one complete Gestalt. Incredible!Janita R. Hall-Swadleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14508932908721759584noreply@blogger.com