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Dec 30, 2023Liked by Rishikesh Tirumalai

Love the pice by Alice Wiese. But that’s because I often gravitate toward textural studies devoid of color or shape, color studies in block like Rothko or Reinhardt’s work, media studies in singular color like Ellsworth Kelly’s work in the MoMa, and geometric studies like Agnes Martin’s work.

Also loved afternoon spill, less for the craftsmanship but more as an exercise in how a title works with visuals to evoke a feeling.

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I love these textural studies. The material makes it so that you don’t need any color to explore shape. So alluring

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Dec 29, 2023Liked by Rishikesh Tirumalai

wonderful post! these works are so inspiring and i love how careful you were in giving attribution so the artists could be recognized for their work.

one piece of art stood out to me though - The Window by Laurie Parsons Hiatt. it looked very familiar to me from my vacation photos. i did some digging and sure enough, the sculpture in the photo is from the castle in Schwerin, Germany (where my brother in law is from).

the sculpture featured prominently in Laurie's photo is a work of art from another artist (based on my research in believe it is Kamil Kuskowski). sadly, however i saw no mention of this original artist in Laurie Parsons Hiatt's artist statement.

while it could be argued the photographer has added artistic merit with their framing and composition, i find it concerning that the original work of art by Kamil Kuskowski was not credited, especially since this photo is being presented and sold as an original work of art.

photo artist statement: https://deyoungopen2023.artcall.org/submissions/qr-view/428373

wikimedia listing of original sculpture: https://deyoungopen2023.artcall.org/submissions/qr-view/428373

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