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"

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