Monday 18 February 2008

Painting paint


When painting paint (as in this 1670 Vermeer, The Guitar Player) the paint used to represent the painting ceases to be paint itself, but becomes instead the paint in the painting painted. In other words, we overlook its existence as one kind of paint in order to see it as another kind of paint; it becomes paint twice.

Multiple realities

There are as many realities as there are perceivers.

Sunday 3 February 2008

Painting medium

The medium of painting is not paint but light.