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lil  ·  3254 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Pubski: June 17, 2015

Thomas Downing (1928-1985).

Here's another one by the dude:

These are not prints. Top one is acrylic, bottom one oil.

Regarding his discover of dots: “They seemed right for me...the feeling in the actual painting of dots, of a gesture which was rhythmic and constantly oscillating seemed right. And the way a dot would isolate an instant of color and repeat it over a broad field gave to color the equivalent of an electric charge...the surface would pulse and come alive.” Even though he's dead, he seems to have had a recent show in Brussels at a gallery called "Sorry We're Closed."

We should make him an honorary member of hubski.





mk  ·  3254 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Thanks. Interesting that he did more than one. If only he knew that his proportions were off:

veen  ·  3254 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Wow, that's almost two years ago? Time flies...

lil  ·  3254 days ago  ·  link  ·  

There's a third one as well. Maybe dozens.