Saturday, August 31, 2013

Scissors and the Dipping Stick

Simon Hantaï on his painting:
The canvas is the scissors for me... Pliage [folding]. Face up to what has happened in painting, to painting. At the limit, at the opposite extreme--scissors and the dipping stick. Line form color united in one thing. The canvas ceases to be a projection screen and cuts within itself.
This comes from the Pompidou's excellent retrospective catalog.

One response to the retrospective here.