http://phineas.kimbo.org/2008/02/13/288/ Let's all drink to the death of a clown Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:08:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://phineas.kimbo.org/2008/02/13/288/#comment-58 ken Fri, 29 Feb 2008 18:46:09 +0000 http://phineas.kimbo.org/288/#comment-58 They hang on the wall. The apparatus visible on the left and right outside the frame edges (in the version of the image here on Phineas the right one has been cropped off) have hangers on both faces which can hold the painting on the wall either way. Whoever hangs them has to decide each time which way they go. Murder of Abel, the previous painting of this type, has been on the wall twice at Pierogi Gallery, once each way. When one side is seen, the other side always faces the wall, so they embody unequal symmetry. They hang on the wall. The apparatus visible on the left and right outside the frame edges (in the version of the image here on Phineas the right one has been cropped off) have hangers on both faces which can hold the painting on the wall either way. Whoever hangs them has to decide each time which way they go. Murder of Abel, the previous painting of this type, has been on the wall twice at Pierogi Gallery, once each way. When one side is seen, the other side always faces the wall, so they embody unequal symmetry.

]]> http://phineas.kimbo.org/2008/02/13/288/#comment-57 Phineas Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:14:38 +0000 http://phineas.kimbo.org/288/#comment-57 Does this hang on a wall, with parts hidden? Or does it hang in the center of a room somehow such that both sides are visible? Does this hang on a wall, with parts hidden? Or does it hang in the center of a room somehow such that both sides are visible?

]]> http://phineas.kimbo.org/2008/02/13/288/#comment-56 ken Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:22:27 +0000 http://phineas.kimbo.org/288/#comment-56 Oppositions in 156 (marcus & commodus): ‘good’ emperor / ‘bad’ emperor greeting / threat father / son philosopher / fool rational / irrational figure / ground parts / whole region / empire front / back revealed / hidden external / internal intentional / inadvertent painting / sculpture module / pattern visual / tactile before / after black / white warm / cool positive / negative Some other considerations: Osiris, Janus, a coin Oppositions in 156 (marcus & commodus):
‘good’ emperor / ‘bad’ emperor
greeting / threat
father / son
philosopher / fool
rational / irrational
figure / ground
parts / whole
region / empire
front / back
revealed / hidden
external / internal
intentional / inadvertent
painting / sculpture
module / pattern
visual / tactile
before / after
black / white
warm / cool
positive / negative
Some other considerations: Osiris, Janus, a coin

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