January 03, 2011
75 Reasons to Live: Leslie Shows on Arthur Dove
Artist Leslie Shows on Arthur Dove’s Silver Ball No. 2 (1930). “I love the literalness of using metallic silver paint to depict a silver ball … yet he also uses this silver paint in the atmosphere around the silver ball, so the silver depicts not only silver but depicts the luminousness of moonlight, luminousness of the atmosphere.” [Jennifer Sonderby’s 75 Reasons talk on Leslie is here.]
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Yes, somewhere there I notice a reason…
Hi Kathy,
thanks for your note–I really enjoy this talk too and fell in love with the painting on listening to Leslie talk about it.
I really enjoyed this talk, you can tell Leslie really responds to the painting. I’m a big fan of Arthur Dove, but hadn’t seen this one, it’s a beauty.