Storm Coming Stuff To Do
Based on true events, possibly a metaphor.
Having successfully printed an edition at the workshop last week by Day Four of a five-day stretch, I had a day to play. The result was this white-line woodcut, the second since I started working in this style.
It has occurred to me to start calling what I’m doing Agricultural Cubism. Such labels should really come about because your critics are insulting you. That was the origin of cubism in the first place, as well as impressionism. But in the postcritical era, artists are obliged to insult themselves. No matter. I think back on something I wrote in honor of Darby in 2016:
Throughout it all and up to the end, he painted. When he was painting, canvases tacked to the floor, surrounded by jars of acrylics, and an arsenal of squeegees, brooms, and brushes at the ready, his enjoyment was unassailable.
And finally, so is mine. Incoming storms notwithstanding.
Speaking of white-line, my review of “The Provincetown Printmakers” at the MFA Boston is currently slated for the September print edition of The New Criterion. Expect the online version to appear in the later part of this month.
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I would suggest Jigsaw Cubism.
Franklin,
I think 'rural classicism' would fit tighter as a 'style' moniker.
This image brings a relatively late series of Darby's to mind - one in particular (square format) that included a rare reference to a 'running man' - 'mailman' ? I recall him saying something about it being a homage to comics from the early 20th century (Katzenjammer Kids) I tried to track the specific painting down but couldn't locate your encyclopedic collection of his life's work - I am left to presume that you were asked to delete the site. Too bad. It provided insights into his progress that is hard to piece together with what is left online.