Not exact matches
We are not conscious
of the
individual feeling tones that constitute the subjective forms
of those prehensions or
of the
individual elements that go into the
composition of our mentality.
The idea is that we can use the
composition of individual stars to trace the processes that created the
elements in the early universe.
Thus while he painted
individuals from photographs, Richter's replica images were often blurred and bore nothing distinctively identifiable about the subject, an effect that forced the viewer to consider the fundamental components
of the painting itself, such as
composition, color scheme, and so forth, rather than leaving the viewer to identify with, or be distracted by, a picture's implied content or its emotional
element of «humanity.»
These
compositions, shot close up, from unexpected angles, show her exerting a decisive and
individual vision in reordering
elements of these interiors and turning them into something almost unrecognizable.
The principle
of composition — the arrangement
of internal
elements within a frame, the creation
of tension by the juxtaposition
of individual parts — is replaced by an addition
of modules, all
of them identical, that could — in theory at least — be added ad infinitum.
The
composition of each piece is the most important
element and
individual works should be able to support themselves without collapsing aesthetically.
In Services, two rows
of figures stand in profile waiting in queues; in another red monochrome work, thin lines efficiently shape the form
of a meat grinder at work, and a third
composition depicts an exploded field
of raw material that stretches across the surface like confetti; matter ultimately reduced to its simplest
element of individual pixels.
Along the edges
of each
composition, glimpses
of single pigments reveal the
individual elements that together create the soft glows and mysterious shadows at play in the central body
of the works.