Pero aunque he llorado y ayunado

lloró y oró,

Aunque he visto mi cabeza (un poco calva) traída en una bandeja
No soy un profeta, y aquí no hay gran cosa
He visto parpadear el momento de mi grandeza
Y he visto al lacayo eterno sostener mi abrigo y reírse disimuladamente,
Y en resumen, tenía miedo.

But though I have wept and fasted,

  wept and prayed,

Though I have seen my head (grown slightly bald) brought in upon a platter

I am no prophet — and here's no great matter

I have seen the moment of my greatness flicker

And I have seen the eternal Footman hold my coat, and snicker,

And in short, I was afraid. 

Reverend Mother Ramallo calls

Sayyadina. Our Reverend Mother tells me she is too old... She has been calling through space and time for you to come and let her rest. She asks that you pass within.

Leto's Death

 He's crying.  He's crying! What does it mean, Piter?!

Recent Pencil Drawings of Derron Thweatt

 

I had the good fortune of late to draw these pencil drawings and sketches from the particular live model whom I most enjoy drawing.  I've posted many drawings of him in the past but since the Covid 19 Pandemic struck I was only able to view him via ZOOM, which is definitely not my preferred method.  In this case I actually got to sit a few feet away from him as I drew.  It makes a great deal of difference for the draughsman, and I suspect for the model as well.  I hope for the better.  Many thanks to the other artists who took part in the three sessions during which these pictures were produced, to Thomasina DeMaio for footing the bill and setting up the use of the space at the Eureka Valley Recreation Center and the Sidewalk Salon at Noe & Market, and above all to Derron Thweatt for his compelling presence.  

 

9 Silverpoint Life Drawings

The drawings are all done directly from life in 30 minute sittings by Dale Wittig. Thanks to Gregg Woolard for the prepared and toned paper and to Thomasina DeMaio for the gift of the silver stylus and for hiring the models.  Thanks as well to the three models.  

Maggie SO 29Sept21

Martin Moulton 2&3Oct21

Aaron Bogan 9Oct21

Laboratory of the Imaginist Bauhaus

Giuseppe Pinot-Gallizio (1902–1964) together with Asger Jorn founded this experimental laboratory in 1955 and Pinot-Gallizio continued to work at it until the end of his working life.  He was another of the founders of the Situationist International and he collaborated with Debord on the painting Abolition of Alienated Labor (1959-63).  He had quit the Situationist group in 1960, but continued on good terms with, as did his cohort, Jorn.  I've written about Jorn elsewhere on this blog and will do so again soon, but I want to concentrate here on Pinot Gallizio and his industrial painting techniques and concepts.  I once tried to use his idea of selling paintings by the yard.  I made huge paintings made up of smaller paintings and or scenes and sold them by section.  So I'm rather indebted to this great Italian painter and mean here to pay him back.  Consider it an act of Potlatch

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The next two are collaborations, the first with Debord and the second with Jorn.  The rest are paintings from after his break with the SI.