«I'd been looking on the internet for months at dresses when I came across a
picture of someone
in the most amazing dress I had ever
seen, I
literally fell
in love with it from that second.
Among them is «Deadpan» (1997;
see picture above), a black - and - white silent film
in which the artist stands motionless and impassive as the facade of a building quite
literally falls down around his ears — recalling a famous scene from the Buster Keaton classic «Steamboat Bill, Jr» (1928).
Barbara Rose states: «The essential act for Tàpies is not depiction or representation but the transformation of matter into spirit... This metaphysical transformation characterizes the duality and tension
in Tàpies» art... The purpose of art, then, is to alter and heighten consciousness, bringing us into contact in the most powerful way with reality, not as it is pictured but as it literally exists in time and space... In this series of recent paintings, one sees Tàpies in full possession of his powers.&raqu
in Tàpies» art... The purpose of art, then, is to alter and heighten consciousness, bringing us into contact
in the most powerful way with reality, not as it is pictured but as it literally exists in time and space... In this series of recent paintings, one sees Tàpies in full possession of his powers.&raqu
in the most powerful way with reality, not as it is
pictured but as it
literally exists
in time and space... In this series of recent paintings, one sees Tàpies in full possession of his powers.&raqu
in time and space...
In this series of recent paintings, one sees Tàpies in full possession of his powers.&raqu
In this series of recent paintings, one
sees Tàpies
in full possession of his powers.&raqu
in full possession of his powers.»