For my Italian language class today the instructor suggested that we look at a couple of pictures by Renato Guttuso. He’s a painter whose work I have admired for some time. (He earned my respect also for his open resistance to Fascism during the Second World War.) I had not noticed previously the importance of … Read more
I have no idea from whence this idea came. It felt as if it suddenly burst in my head while I was doing something else. Quite out of the blue I had a perception that there is an interesting artistic seam to be exploited dealing with the theme of ambiguity. Perhaps it has something to … Read more
At the suggestion of the person who leads our life-drawing group (normally!) I was looking today at some of the photographs of Man Ray. Their interest lies in large measures in the ambiguity that surrounds his images. At first sight a double-take is often necessary in order to work out exactly what is represented in … Read more