http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/browse?tags=1979.30&output=atom <![CDATA[Blanton Museum of Art Collections]]> 2024-03-29T00:23:45-05:00 Omeka http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/items/show/2789 <![CDATA[Fave]]> Brice Marden named this diptych Fave because it was the artist’s favorite of the time. While it may appear reductive at first glance, Marden considers his paintings to be subjective, contemplative objects whose truths are disclosed slowly over time. “I believe these are highly emotional paintings not to be admired for any technical or intellectual reason, but to be felt,” Marden once proclaimed.

UT Austin art historian Richard Shiff argues that the tension between stillness and movement in Fave stems from Marden’s careful observations of the Hudson River in New York, where the artist lives and works. Fave calls to mind the color shifts of water as it reflects atmospheric changes. Marden once described the sky above the sea as “blue, gray, yellow, sulphur, turquoise, yellow, blue,” indicating his ability to see multiple layers of color at once.]]>
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Creator

Brice Marden

Title

Fave

Date Created

1968-1969

Spatial Coverage

183.5 cm x 167.7 cm (72 1/4 in. x 66 in.)

Identifier

1979.30

Medium

Oil and beeswax on canvas

Description

Brice Marden named this diptych Fave because it was the artist’s favorite of the time. While it may appear reductive at first glance, Marden considers his paintings to be subjective, contemplative objects whose truths are disclosed slowly over time. “I believe these are highly emotional paintings not to be admired for any technical or intellectual reason, but to be felt,” Marden once proclaimed.

UT Austin art historian Richard Shiff argues that the tension between stillness and movement in Fave stems from Marden’s careful observations of the Hudson River in New York, where the artist lives and works. Fave calls to mind the color shifts of water as it reflects atmospheric changes. Marden once described the sky above the sea as “blue, gray, yellow, sulphur, turquoise, yellow, blue,” indicating his ability to see multiple layers of color at once.

Rights Holder

Gift of Mari and James A. Michener, 1979

Date

Briarcliff Manor, New York, 1938 -

Type

painting

Has Version

http://utw10658.utweb.utexas.edu/plugins/Dropbox/files/object_images/ART New/1979.30.zif

Requires

15089
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