I headed to the Denver Art Museum yesterday to see the Embrace! installation where 17 artists were invited to create site specific installation pieces. Afterwards, I breezed through the Modern and Contemporary floor and came face to face with Temple and then Zweiter Tag Nichts (Second Day Nothing) by Jonas Burgert. They are painted with so many subtle varieties of textures and with such conscientious color choices... and the visual drama and narrative of Second Day Nothing was so powerful it virtually erased my memory of Embrace!.
On the drive home it was all I could think about. I had seen a reproduction of it in my Jonas Burgert catalog, but there is no way to experience the scale and the true colors except for in person. My emotional response was akin to that of seeing Peter Paul Rubens' Raising of the Cross.
The roll of linen that I've been saving for a special project is calling my name ever louder now, "streeeetttch meeee!", it cries, "paaaaint all over meeee!" it beckons.
"Not yet! I'm not ready! I have to finish painting these poodles and a shirt of roses!", I tell it. But last night, while watching Simon Schama's Power of Art documentary of Picasso, I sketched some of the characters who will appear in my future grad school application portfolio.
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