Jan van Eyck by Janos Vegh
By Janos Vegh
Творчества автора и иллюстрации его лучших картин в цветном и черно-белом цвете.
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In small private interactions when a woman is confronting a man one-on-one, you might see some lip-licking or kiss-blowing performed by the man, but these gestures are restrained, secretive—like bids at a high-end auction. As if drugged in a dentist’s chair, the men sit frozen and immobile, lost in interior thought. Their stiffness of demeanor reveals the intense concentration, their incredible will to tasies. Like obstinate children that have been denied what they wish, they withdraw into a stubborn, rocklike trance, clinging to their individual mental images.
And when we see this, like the children on Double Dare when they see their parents and teachers covered in a disgusting mess, we cannot hold back a shout of glee. 34 Liz Larner, Used to Do the Job (1988). Steel, aluminum, coal, copper saltpeter, trinitrotoluene, ammonium nitrate, and other natural and unnatural ingredients suspended in micro-crystalline wax on lead-sheathed base container. 48 x 25 x 24 ins. Courtesy Regen Projects, Los Angeles. Charles Ray, In Memory of Sadat (1981). Artist’s body directly incorporated into a steel sculpture.
Godfrey Reggio, 1983), with music by Philip Glass. Taking its title from the Hopi word meaning “life out of balance,” this film, the first of the Qatsi trilogy, offers an apocalyptic vision of the natural and urban worlds in collision. 7 The allusions here are to the origins of hip hop and graffiti culture in the South Bronx, and to representations of its interface with the East Village art scene such as Charlie Ahearn’s film Wild Style (1982), with music by Grandmaster Flash, Busy Bee, and co-star Fab 5 Freddy.