Andrew’s posterous

words...numbers...sometimes, a little cement 

white poem (iii)

cement and mixed media on canvas, 10 x 14 in.

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Edge of town

Oil on canvas, 30" x 40" ~ 2008

5040 : Plato's ideal number of inhabitants in a city, since it can be divided by any number from 1 to 10

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white poem (ii)

cement and mixed media on canvas, 10 x 14 in.

Second of five white poems.

Posted by Andrew Crane 

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white poem (i)

cement and mixed media on canvas, 10 x 14 in.

First in a series of five white poems.

Posted by Andrew Crane 

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New morning

oil and graphite on canvas, 14" x 18"

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Un-titled

Oil and graphite on canvas, 14" x 24"

Giving a piece a title, points the viewer in a specific direction...or reinforces the visual information ~ even in representational pieces, like a landscape, or a still life, or a portrait. It narrows down the field of possibilities often fixing the piece in time or location.
A bit like waking up in the morning, with all of the past firmly in place.

A young child is not hampered in this way...there is a sense of wonder, a fresh seeing.

So, giving a piece the title 'Untitled' allows the viewer to explore without constraint. And importantly, the mind is allowed to come to it's own conclusions ~ there is no possibility of being wrong!

Whether or not the piece is liked or not, is no longer the issue.

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Pink and Green

Oil and mixed media on canvas, 40 x 40" – 2009
 
The elements of landscape are hard to shrug off!

 

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a

Oil, graphite and cement on canvas, 40" x 40" – 2009


The addition of (a) to this piece, suggests that it is to be taken seriously.

There is humour in this.

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Sky (+orange)

Oil on canvas (+black pastel), 30" x 24" ~ 2009

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Approximate

Combined process with cement, on canvas — 30" x 24"

It has always amazed me, that no two things are identical ~ even the cans in Warhol's 'Beef Noodle' http://tinyurl.com/ktagxz will vary just a little.

Does this mean, that once we leave the realm of mind ~ All is approximate? ...and the equals sign: =, no longer works?

In mathematics there are some wonderful expressions of meaning

=  is equal to  :  eg 1 + 1 = 2
<  is less than  :  eg 3 < 4
>  is greater than  :  eg 5 > 4
  is not equal to  :  eg 4 ≠ 5
±  plus or minus  :  eg 6 ± 3 means both 6 + 3 and 6 − 3.

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