OBVERSE PAINTINGS
by Fred Chuang
INCONSOLABLE GEOMETRIES
18" x 24"
(sold)
One
of my complete, early failures was resurrected by a soak in solvent.
The dark and teal circles remained after my cleaning. Rather than
continue erasing the original, I decided to build upon these remnants.
The "Inconsolable" in the title refers to the ghostlike qualities of
these elements, plus the new, white square--like an abstraction of a
family, the memory of a relationship.
One of the first times I showed this piece, a homeless man who had had an illustrious career in the "Industry" was drawn to it because of I Ching associations the images brought to him. He said he was a sculptor, and gave me two, tiny, clay figures, and I gave him a print of the very first painting I ever sold to a stranger, Ecclesiarcs. The exchange was memorable--at least for me.
One of the first times I showed this piece, a homeless man who had had an illustrious career in the "Industry" was drawn to it because of I Ching associations the images brought to him. He said he was a sculptor, and gave me two, tiny, clay figures, and I gave him a print of the very first painting I ever sold to a stranger, Ecclesiarcs. The exchange was memorable--at least for me.
