Sunday, July 22, 2012

Mag#127 "Swirling Angst" in Figure Eight, 1952, by Franz "Chiccoreal" Kline

                                                       Figure Eight, 1952, by Franz Kline



EXPRESS YOURSELF

CAPTURE THE MOOD

THE MOMENT
TO
SPILL YOUR GUTS
PLEASE
ONTO
OPEN
FLASHES
OF
RAVEN BLACK
WITH
A
VERY WET
BRUSH
WETNESS
LEAKS
ALL OVER
UNCONTROLLABLY
SO
SLOPPY
IS LIFE
WHEN
IMMEDIATE
ART
AS
PAINT
ON
GESSO'D
MUSEUM
QUALITY
CANVAS
WAIT
WE'RE BACK IN '52
YOU MUST HAVE FELT
THIS "8" FORM
ONE TIME OR OTHER
CUT FROM THE SAME CLOTHE
WE
FORMS WERE BIRTHED
COME OUT
FROM
DEEP INSIDE YOU
EXPRESS
AN
ANGRY 8
CIRCLES ROUND
TURN
MORE RECTANGULAR
SOON
AN
OPENING
AT THE
BIRDHOUSE GALLERY
LOOK UP
5TH AVENUE
AS THE 60'S
SOON TO FOLLOW
FLOW
LOVE
BROUGHT FORTH KLINE
A
RETURN TO ROCKER COLOUR
MODERN
HOW STARK
LIFE
AND SEX IN
THE CITY
WITH THE
BIG APPLES
GLITTER
ART GROUPIES
WHEN NAKED FOOT
WALKS
BAREFOOT IN THE PARK
TO SEE SELF
DRUNK
I KNOW WHAT YOU WERE FEELING
THEN
AS
FOR
NOW
I
STILL
FEEL
IT
FOR
LITTLE
DID
FEEL IT
I FELT
I TOLD YOU THIS
FOR
NOW
I KNOW IT
YOU WERE SO COOL
IN THE STUDIO
WATCHING YOU
SOHO
ALSO
I
NOW
THEN
WHAT I KNOW NOW
WHEN I LOOK AT YOU
YOUR ART
YOU FELT IT
YES
I FEEL YOUR
STRUGGLE
WITH FORMS
PLAY BIG GESTALT GAMES
Rorschach
BUTTERFLIES
A DRAWN PAINTING
MORE THAN THIS
IT IS
BLACK AND WHITE
YOU FELT THIS
BACK IN 52
DRAWN BACK TO BLACK IN THICK
IMPATIENT 
PASTA
IMPASTO
LINES DRAWN
IN
THE SAND
MINIMAL
PAINTED
THE
ART
OF
SLOWLY EVOLVING
RAW
FORMS
BIRTHED
LIKE
CANVAS BABIES
IN
ANGRY
ABSTRACTION
AS
THESE
FORMS
REMAIN BURNT
BLURRED
RESIDUAL
IMAGES
BLOCKING OUT
OUR
MIND'S
RETINAL
IMAGES
ETCHED
OUR
DNA
PAINTED
OVER
ROUGH PATCHES
AS
FIERCE
STROKES
WEAKEN
ALL
STRENGTH
AND
RESOLVE
TO FIND
WHEN
FOUND
THE PAINTINGS
TALK FEELINGS
WHERE
WE
WERE
QUICKLY
DISPENSED
ONCE
BITTERNESS
A
PILL
FELT
BELOW
THE CONGA LINE
WITH
ELBOWS
WRISTS
AND
SHOULDERS
ASUNDER
WHO'S
KINESTHETICALLY
LITERATE
NOW
TO
RELEASE
THE
DANCE
ACROSS
THE
INTEGRITY
OF
SPACE
WHO MADE
YOU AN ARTIST
ANYWAY?
DID MAKE
AN
"8"
SWIRL
AS
PRIMEVAL
LIGHTENING
STRIKES
NAUTICAL
CANVAS
CAUTION
ARTIST'S
LIFE
FELT
FORM
HERE
SELLING
SHELLING OUT
VAST
AMOUNTS
OF LOVE
AND
ANCIENT
SAILS
ENIGMATIC
AUTOMATIC
ENERGY
THIS
SHAMAN
ARTIST
CHANNELLED
INSTEAD OF
CANCELLING
OR
OPTING OUT
OF
LIFE
HE LIVED IT
THROUGH HIS ART
BY
FRANZ
KLINE

"8"
http://www.wikipaintings.org/en/franz-kline/figure-eight-1952#supersized-artistPaintings-277505

10 comments:

  1. "Rorschach butterflies." That's it! That's Franz Kline.

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  2. Please join the other art appreciators here: http://www.magpietales.blogspot.ca/ Thank-you Tess 127 times~

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  3. nice...i love how you are able to feel the artist as you watch them , their struggle with the emotions....nice take...

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  4. i just adored that....even more than the words i loved the shape and construction of the work...brilliant!!

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  5. WoW! Can you form those words or what...!!?? So much imagery and thought control here! Takes you away!

    Franz "Chiccoreal" Kline!! Atta girl! *giggle*

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  6. That was a wild enough ride! I really like "impatient pasta"...

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  7. JJ i dound this very serpentine and dorceful, there is something quite Promethean about it, thanks

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  8. great read.....thanks for sharing all your words

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  9. awesome energy and wise words. cool form, also.

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