Stationary Figure (1973) by Philip Guston
What makes Philip Guston’s painting Stationary Figure a masterpiece?
– Passage of time and imminent death
– A child’s drawing… of pooling blood
– Preposterous solidity in a puff of smoke
The Harvesters by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
What makes Pieter Bruegel’s painting The Harvesters so significant?
– Bringing the art world down to earth
– Golden nourishment
– How nature provides
Hartley on the Rocking Horse by Alice Neel
Table of contents for Hartley on the Rocking Horse by Alice Neel.
– Home is where the work is
– Time portrayed in Hartley on the Rocking Horse
– Feminism and the many penises of Joe Gould