More Antoni Tàpies, from a BBC documentary:
“In order to prevent technique from taking over, I have to set traps for myself. I use materials that dry very fast, that compel me to work at great speed. Working quickly and spontaneously like this is
my way of keeping intellect on a short rein, of keeping reason in its place so the unconscious can run free.”
“It is generally accepted that paintings are composed of shapes and colors. But I have this desire to experiment with a third element: texture. It seems to me that
by using thick materials that could be molded into violent shapes with cracks and scratches,
I could find a way of expressing myself that would be different from academic painting.”
You don’t say…
Details from recent work. My texture obsession continues. Thinking of ruins, decay, the myth of immortality, impermanence, memory, time…