Emily Kam Kngwarray at Tate Modern.
I wonât pretend to know much behind the inspiration, I understand the principle, but it is difficult to switch off my western sensibilities. However just amazing depth and colour choices.
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that is quite lovely!
Yeah, when I saw it, I said a silent âooh!â
Almost all of her paintings are untitled, this one is painted in acrylics on canvas, I would guess that it is almost 2 metres high, her other main medium is batik.
Her subjects/inspiration are mostly based around natural motifs, specifically the pencil yam and the emu, I believe that this is of/inspired by seeds. She only began painting in her later years but was prolific.
Now U see it, now U donât
Even looking at it with squinted eyes didnât resolve it with certainty. Yes, inspired by something in nature for sure.
Failing that, squinting got me a squizzle head on a puffed out torso, with short forearms, and dressed in a billowed skirt . River Dancing on Dirt.
not sure.
i see a seated nude, facing left, viewed through stippled glass. not sure where the squirrel is in this.
i really like this work. impressionist pointilism
This is my shocked face
That is the trouble with looking at it in the western way, if I looked at it as a Seurat I could imagine a woman slightly leaning forward in a yellow dress with parasol promenading in a pointillist landscape.
However if you really look at it (in real life, online really does not do it justice) you can see the depth and almost lenticular effect of layers of dots and colours.
Blanking out that western way is not easy, the exhibition does its best to explain the symbology.
Michael Whelan is one sf illustrator who has grown as an artist over the years, as opposed to some others (looking at you, David Mattingly)
