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Seeing the image of Teresita Fernandez's Fire on C-Monster's blog reminded me that I'd photographed a toasty Morris Louis at Paul Kasmin last year, which reminded me that Julian Jackson has some wonderful new paintings whose theme is fire. Then the flames spread, so to speak, to include Kate Beck's fiery Naranga, Heather Hutchison's glowing Divided (warm), my own incandescent Ciel Rouge, Eva Lake's jumpy Hot Spot, a little fireplace of an image from Josef Albers and a cosmic blast-furnace from Natvar Bhavsar. All provide visual comfort on these days when the temperature is heading down toward zero. Then there are the flames of Fra Angelico's The Attempted Martyrdom of Saints Cosmas and Damian--but you don't want to get too close to those.
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Morris Louis at Paul Kasmin Gallery, late 2007
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Julian Jackson, Watching Fire Study #2, 2008, oil on panel 16 x 14 inches
Teresita Fernandez, Fire, at SFMOMA (image from C-Monster blog)
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Josef Albers, Study for Homage to the Square
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Eva Lake, Hot Spot, 12 x 12 inches, part of a larger installation, Richter Scale
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Kate Beck, Naranga, 2006, oil on canvas, 84 x 60 inches
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Heather Hutchison, Divided (warm), 2006, mm, 18 x 18 x 2.5 inches
Joanne Mattera, Ciel Rouge, 2006, encaustic on panels, 48 x 67 inches
Natvar Bhavsar, Andhare, 2005, pure pigment on canvas, 75 x 68 inches
Fra Angelico, The Attempted Martyrdom of Saints Cosmas and Damian
I needed this today. It was 15 below outside my kitchen window this morning. Thanks for the visual hot toddy!
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i didn't stay out long enough to be able to claim to know what that feels like.
68F but with a light breeze it felt like 67.
ReplyDeleteMy heart goes out to you all. I nearly put on long sleeves today and tonight might call for a sweater.
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Heather's piece is stunning and Joanne, your Ciel Rouge in person is hot hot hot!
A sneaky way to revisit your post on "orange".
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ReplyDeleteI believe you're thinking of Kate Beck, who did a post on Orange.
There's nothing "sneaky" about this blog ;-)
Thanks for including me in the heat!
ReplyDeleteHey Joanne -- Thanks for stoking this incredible HEAT with Naranga! 5 Canada geese took refuge outside my studio during yesterdays storm -- guess they were feeling it :)
ReplyDeletei was lucky enough to catch that morris louis piece last year. it was the first tie i had seen anything by him and it was by far the stand out of the show.
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