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Painting is an illusion, a piece of magic, so what you see is not what you see. Philip Guston
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IN MY SECRET LIFE sung by KATIE MELUA
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IN MY SECRET LIFE by LEONARD COHEN
(Pensée Secréte)
If love is just an (illusion); I (question the reason) why
my (secret thoughts) inside my mind were ever allowed to die
We (established) a collusion.
I knew (better) than to ask him why
our (simple) souls and (journey)
would cause a (sanglanté) hue and cry
I have come to the conclusion that he out-(manoeuvre)d my
attempts to win him over (even) though he didn't try.
I was under the delusion that he (could) and would not lie,
but love just caused confusion and left me high and dry.
Was our bridge (of) spinal fusion?
Were we conjoined twins he and I?
Only he understands this allusion
to say au revoir or say good-bye.
(L'affaires étrangères) allows suffusion
to slowly flush me with a sigh.
The silence passes without intrusion,
like when we feel (the end) is nigh.
I feel the soft occlusion or is it (something else) nearby
transferred by rediffusion,
the message true love will never die
(In all sincerity I believe)d (him) and (with new spirit) I survive
(They would like) to tell me please don't trust him;
(that their) thoughts were always right
But then (again), I ask if (it was) or was (not so),
(by) the time he reads this rhyme
(297) will have lost all it's meaning
and all the clues thence lost in time.
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Story, 1978, is an oil painting on canvas. It is 48 x 60 inches, actually not among Guston’s largest works. Since I do have the information: the original photo was taken by Olivia McEwan for Hyperallergic online. I’ve always been fond of this artist’s work.
"I am a night painter, so when I come into the studio the next morning the delirium is over. I come into the studio very fearfully, I creep in to see what happened the night before. And the feeling is one of, "My God, did I do that?"."
~ Philip Guston
Available light
Exposure: 0.1 sec (1/10)
Aperture: Æ’4.0
Gallery 915 is a section of the Metropolitan of Art reserved for large contemporary painting and sculptures. The large windows face Central Park and the sky often influences the colors of the art.
The paintings on view in the photo are (L. to R.) Stationary Figure by Philip Guston painted in 1973, Rush Hour by George Condo from 2010, Philip Pearlstein’s Two Models with Bent Wire Chair and Kilim Rug dated 1984 and Naked Man, Back View from Lucian Freud in 1991-92. The circular wall sculpture on the right is the 1982 Tango by Martin Puryear.
Comparing the changes in these paintings and sculptures between morning, afternoon and evening light or between cloudy and sunny days is much more interesting than it sounds.