Art critic James Elkin argues
that paintings are puzzles we feel compelled to solve in order to ease our
perplexities about the world in which we find ourselves as well as our
uncertainties as to how it is that we found ourselves here
courtesy of Timothy Brooks Vermeers Hat
puzzling paintings
to be solved
the idea confused him
his
experience paintings artwork usually absorbed inhabited him
he an his girlfriend viewed The
Girl with the Pearl Earring at San Franciscos Legion of Honor it was first time in nearly 30 years that Hagues
Mauritshuis museum had loaned her for exhibit
they slowly deliberately worked
their way through the gallery artworks that accompanied acting as court to
the enclave where she was displayed they
approached asif approaching an altar sobersomber reverent
they had viewed The Girl for more
than forty minutes
when they left they backed awayhad a difficult time taking their eyes away from her they felt dopedmesmerised
they carried their precious experience
throughout their four hour ride home through dinner through the night an when
they woke in the morning they laid in bedpropped up on pillows enjoying turning
the pages of the exhibits catalogue
speaking for himself he couldnt say
or recall he thought anything in The Girls presence
he did however appreciate Mr
Elkins Mr Brooks salient impression
round1430, Thursday,
23 3. 23
1001, Reggaefriday,
24 3. 23
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