Welcome to the Spring term at New Art Center.
I have been in D.C. for the last few days and seen some great art at the Hirshhorn Museum.
I saw, and for the first time visually understood, Francis Bacon. After years of not getting his work and writing it off as over-rated, I was blown away by his pictures, especially his portraits of Van Gogh. The brutal brush work, the economically achieved light and shade, the acknowledgement of the linen ground and the diverse play of viscosity and scumble are amazingly beautiful and existentially powerful. I have ordered a book of Bacon's paintings from Amazon and will bring it to class when I recieve it. Tonight I'm going to the Hirshhorn at sunset to watch the Doug Aitken illumination of the entire facade of the building called "Song/1". Described as "liquid architecture" it is supposed to blend images and sound and transform the urban landscape. Should be interesting. Next week for the first class try a piece that in some way records an experience you recently had where your perceptions were changed: a situation or reconsideration of long-held opinion, or an insight into a visual or aural experience. Any medium on any surface, flat, relief or 3D. See you next week, john.
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