Looking at a reproduction of Julian Schnabels' "The Unexpected Death of Blinky Palermo in the Tropics."
It must be a sight to behold. Oil on deep blood-clot burgundy velvet, 10x14 feet.
Often, a viable and effective originality is to be found in the seamless collaging of influence. Schnabel excels at this. A red, white, blue and violet 3/4 profile of Palermo blends into a Picassoid self portrait, which gives into a Sri Lankan guru-type face partially obscured by deKooning meets Jasper Johns slashes in bright primary colors. Beneath and to the left, Richter-type black and violet squeegee work dryly fuses with the velvet. An indistinct floral/architectural/vase-like figure dominates the left half, fusing with the Johns primaries. The whole panel reads like a primitive, messier David Salle without the beaver shots.
Blinky palermo was a German minimalist painter who died in Sri Lanka while following a girl he loved. The medication he was taking to help curb his drinking caused asphyxiation in the harsh climate. His simple triangles and rectangular divisions had certainly been done before, but Blinky infused them with a grace that brought to them an organic sense of energy and life that much of minimal art seems to be missing.
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Mango nectar and bannana smoothies for dinner, I think, and some TV...
It must be a sight to behold. Oil on deep blood-clot burgundy velvet, 10x14 feet.
Often, a viable and effective originality is to be found in the seamless collaging of influence. Schnabel excels at this. A red, white, blue and violet 3/4 profile of Palermo blends into a Picassoid self portrait, which gives into a Sri Lankan guru-type face partially obscured by deKooning meets Jasper Johns slashes in bright primary colors. Beneath and to the left, Richter-type black and violet squeegee work dryly fuses with the velvet. An indistinct floral/architectural/vase-like figure dominates the left half, fusing with the Johns primaries. The whole panel reads like a primitive, messier David Salle without the beaver shots.
Blinky palermo was a German minimalist painter who died in Sri Lanka while following a girl he loved. The medication he was taking to help curb his drinking caused asphyxiation in the harsh climate. His simple triangles and rectangular divisions had certainly been done before, but Blinky infused them with a grace that brought to them an organic sense of energy and life that much of minimal art seems to be missing.
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Mango nectar and bannana smoothies for dinner, I think, and some TV...