“But the Raven, sitting lonely on the placid bust, spoke only
2015
A hauntingly atmospheric oil painting by Rudolf Stingel that evokes the brooding melancholy of Edgar Allan Poe's legendary poem. Stingel's signature approach transforms the literary reference into a meditation on stillness, solitude, and the weight of presence, rendered through his masterful manipulation of paint and surface. The work suspends the viewer in a liminal moment between silence and utterance, between the living and the spectral.
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Spotted At
- Auction House · Phillips
🔨 Auction Lot
20th Century & Contemporary Art Evening Sale
May 17, 2018
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styrofoam, 4 panels
“Zen is about acceptance, right?” Mr. Stingel said. “So that’s the way it is. I do sit and look at him sometimes — we have a meaningful relationship. You can’t get over it. You just live with it.” - Rudolph Stingel
The radicalness of Stingel’s Cellotex panels is often underestimated. While rejecting any suggestion of being a social, political or conceptual gesture, these works may be some of the most open and brave moments in recent contemporary art production. As with his provocative instruction book on how to make his paintings, Stingel once again gives himself and his work, in their totality, to the public and the viewer. He invites the viewer inside the surface of his work, and allows anyone to make a 'contribution' to it. The critical voice of the viewer becomes part of the work. Like magnetic tape, the artist records the viewer’s reaction to his work – not simply verbally, but physically.
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