new documentation of some collages.
more work coming soon.
22” x 30”
22” x 26”
chantal akerman
Jeanne Dielman
ree morton
The commonplace notion that Realism is a ‘styleless’ or a transparent style, a mere simulacrum or mirror image of visual reality, is another barrier to its understanding as an historical and stylistic phenomenon. This is a gross simplification, for Realism was no more a mere mirror of reality than any other style and its relation qua style to phenomenal data — the donneé — is as complex and difficult as that of Romanticism, the Baroque or Mannerism. So far as Realism is concerned, however, the issue is greatly confused by the assertions of both its supporters and opponents, that Realists were doing no more than mirroring everyday reality. These statements derived from the belief that perception could be ‘pure’ and unconditioned by time or place. But is pure perception — perception in a vacuum, as it were — ever possible?
- Linda Nochlin
silvia bächli
silvia bächli
jan bruegel
