Review: “More importantly, did he notice that the paintings are on wood, a painting surface used through medieval and Renaissance times but infrequently today? Probably, he didn’t read that the materials include rabbit skin glue, an old-school wood preparation. He did not have time, I’m guessing, to observe how shiny and round and smooth the edges of the panels are. Nor, I think, did he notice the way in which the paint had been applied: quite thinly, contra medieval or Renaissance-style panel painting. Did he see how, on the painted half, the panel cut-outs become part of the composition (for instance appearing as rectangular, arched or elbow-shaped windows), then, on the raw half, switch sides, turning a blind eye to partially removed labels and delivery-assisting scribbles? Did he observe that the panels’ overall shapes, created when they were cut out from the original sheets, evoke architectural forms such as castle crenelations, Victorian row houses’ false fronts, and ziggurat outlines (though the last may be far-fetched)?”
Artist:
@jruncio
Writer:
@sannesteinberg
Gallery:
@etalgallerysf
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