On Tue, 4 Nov 2003, Barrie wrote:
This is a very interesting conjecture. Gestural drawing, isn't all drawing
gestural? Gestural drawing has traditionally, I presume, an immediacy that
allows for *un-premeditated* marks to be made. So, where is the language in
this, symbolism? shape of the mark? metaphore? Mood/emotional state would
seem to be an important aspect of this way of making a drawing. What rules,
if any does Twombly apply in the way he works? These would effect outcome;
Present centered being? Systems art concepts?
Why must there _necessarily_ be either system or code behind Twombly? Does
art _necessarily_ imply language, or even a coherent 'reading,' or even a
'reading' of any kind?
Art may well be mute, inert; it need not be readable. Perhaps the surplus
of painting is that indecipherable core, which may or may not rise to the
surface as well.