MICHAEL KIDNER, R.A. (1915-2009) The Elastic Membrane signed and...
MICHAEL KIDNER, R.A. (1915-2009) The Elastic Membrane signed and numbered 272/300 (on the sheets attached) mixed media sculpture 35.6 x 45.2 cm (14 x 17.2 in) THIS LOT IS SOLD WITHOUT A RESERVE Sold together with illustrated book with one mixed media multiple, three photogravures, three photolithographs, and two spiral notebooks with photolithographic reproductions of manuscript and drawings. The elastic suggested not only flow by shape, but energy: 'The elastic painting are paintings of pressures, temperatures, changing tension. The colour makes light manifest and the elastic distortion makes tension-energy manifest... If the notion of entropy means a ''coming to rest'' the release of all tension, then the elastic is introducing tension. Perhaps that is why i like the distorted circle or square. It is more organic. Life defies entropy...Physically implanting tension is like feeding the living organism.' Michael Kidner interviewed by Pat Gilmor, Arts review, June 1979 I want to link things which seem to be mysterious or not fully understood to things which are less mysterious - in Professor E.C. Zeeman's words: 'To reduce the arbitrariness of description.' Part I Practical the practical is an example of the home-made computer used to create the images which follow. Part II Three Photo Etchings and three Photo Lithographs reveal the connection between the device used and the drawings generated by it. Part III The Continuity Book and the Notebook. The Continuity Book shows the evolution rather than the end product of the idea. The Notebook was kept in 1978/9. Artist's Resale Right may apply on this lot
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MICHAEL KIDNER, R.A. (1915-2009) The Elastic Membrane signed and numbered 272/300 (on the sheets attached) mixed media sculpture 35.6 x 45.2 cm (14 x 17.2 in) THIS LOT IS SOLD WITHOUT A RESERVE Sold together with illustrated book with one mixed media multiple, three photogravures, three photolithographs, and two spiral notebooks with photolithographic reproductions of manuscript and drawings. The elastic suggested not only flow by shape, but energy: 'The elastic painting are paintings of pressures, temperatures, changing tension. The colour makes light manifest and the elastic distortion makes tension-energy manifest... If the notion of entropy means a ''coming to rest'' the release of all tension, then the elastic is introducing tension. Perhaps that is why i like the distorted circle or square. It is more organic. Life defies entropy...Physically implanting tension is like feeding the living organism.' Michael Kidner interviewed by Pat Gilmor, Arts review, June 1979 I want to link things which seem to be mysterious or not fully understood to things which are less mysterious - in Professor E.C. Zeeman's words: 'To reduce the arbitrariness of description.' Part I Practical the practical is an example of the home-made computer used to create the images which follow. Part II Three Photo Etchings and three Photo Lithographs reveal the connection between the device used and the drawings generated by it. Part III The Continuity Book and the Notebook. The Continuity Book shows the evolution rather than the end product of the idea. The Notebook was kept in 1978/9. Artist's Resale Right may apply on this lot
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