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| "Where" (1960) |
The painting by American artist Morris Louis’, "Where" (1960), is part of the “Veils” series. The painting is made of
20 simple stripes of pure colours. This highly thinned paint on upstretched,
unprimed canvas poured on an inclined surface allows it to flow on the rough
surface of the fiber cloth which results in a washed out or stained look. That stain
paint technique creates flat colours and allows the translucent colours to pop
out separately. According to Rose: “Louis’s images give the impression of
having been called into existence by the spontaneous flat of some vastly
impersonal creator, whose powers transcend the mechanical acts of human
creation.”(Rose, 1973, p. 134)
The flatness of plain pure paint sides by side creates a rainbow effect, with color stain and appears luminous and spreads gradually and silently.
This simple childlike process of stain painting engages
the audience and grabs their attention. The stripes of colours with an
intentional gap between each color widens toward the bottom. The white space
gap shows a strange perspective effect. Because the size of the canvas is
massive, it is 200 cm by 300 cm, the landscape orientation defiantly affects the
audience view and supports the dilated pigments graduation.
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