Weekend Edition 39

Auguste Herbin

Composition, 1940

The person is constantly under the influence of different forces. He wants something new, but he is afraid of new things. He sails out full of hopes. Then he turns back to his circle, because it is scary to be out there alone. He is in a contradiction. He zigzags from one course to another. He is full of power and energy. But never ending changing of direction and types of actions take him nowhere.

Eventually the power dies out, the individual becomes static (small orange circle with yellow border in the upper left center).

Steve DiBenedetto

at David Nolan Gallery (Frieze Art Fair New York 2012)

Knot Building, 2008

Knots are used to tie loose ends. But once it is tighten up, it creates a bump on a smooth rope. In a relationship, when you want to create a bond, it should be done naturally. Yes, you need to make an effort. Your energy should  focus on relationship development and not to build something artificial. The moment you use force, it creates a tension. The tension creates problems. You are trying to conceal the your forced efforts. You are trying to resolve the tension and the problems, but you are pulling in the wrong direction. One thing piles on another. In no time instead of nice strong bond you have a big messy tangle. Moreover in this situation your relationship is started to stagnate and the gangrene kicks in.

Alice Trumbull Mason

Alice Trumbull Mason at Washburn Gallery (Art Basel Miami Beach 2011)

Magnetic Field

Concentrations of short lines are persons. The yellow and grey squares, long lines are forces and currents in the persons' lives. The work as a magnetic field, aligning the persons that are under the influence of the force. Some people are aligning to the wrong force, not the force that influence them in reality. Some persons are so weak, they dissolve in the strong current. And some persons just pretend to be influenced, so they look like everyone else(the figure in the yellow square).