Yesterday I went to a lecture at the Arts club Chicago given by Chrissie Iles on German Artist Sigmar Polke. When I first saw the paintings the day before at the opening tea - I did not like them - I thought they were disjointed and with out heart - the slickness of the corrugated clear covering - That covered each work - seemed with out heart or purpose. After the lecture and seeing them a second time my feelings were reversed in and I realized the possibilities for my own work and my own images - I became interested in the layered *effects* the letter press or tarot card - nursery rhyme images and really saw some poetry that was personal to me. The fabric and the funny optics are tricks I am going to play with - in my imagination.
This Drypoint with the extreme Chinese overlay is one of the pieces that leads me to these ideas - the gold leaf japan paper the careful mistakes and the backwardness of the writing - personal and for me overflowing with meaning.
