Thursday, August 21, 2008

Guido Winkler On Weight


The Weight of Thought

Regarding my own work and work by other artists, when I speak of 'weight' I often use the word 'lightness' as a quality I embrace. I do not mean the weight of mass, rather the weight of thought. I tend to like works that are looking as if they were made without much effort, very casual, speaking for themselves, hardly pretentious. Yet made with refinement, on the edge, maybe a bit less than just too much and with room for contemplation and imagination. Free, light, enlightened, uplifting I would consider. It is the weight of thought. It reflects the artist's habits, the artist's attitude. I like to use the term "weight of thought" also, because of my interest in perception, awareness, consciousness. Is the world what we experience only around us or is it front and foremost a reflected image in our mind? And then, what about the physical aspects of thought? What kind of matter is that?

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

And then, what about the physical aspects of thought? What kind of matter is that?

Interesting questions, instead of 'my work is about'.

I take 'matter' to infer both substance and attention.
if this is the case to make the simplest thing work there is more than ebough enough 'matter' without having to physically illustrate or elaborate it further.
Matter-of-fact is probably most interesting when it has the ability to slip out of it. So care, then, is spmething about the navigate.
c.p.

John Tallman said...

Yes. Thanks for the comment.

I love getting beyond "my work is about..."