Description:
Canvas stretched across and nailed to wood panel. Three approximately equal sections are articulated by two veritcal grey lines. The composition is otherwise made up of swirling, arching and diagonal brushtrokes in many colors. No visible inscription appears on the front of the panel.
Label Text:
Porter’s art is responsive to a broad range of personal, cultural, and geographic experience. The jostling arches in the left section of this painting, for instance, connote the cathedrals of France, visited not long before the painting was executed. A jagged bolt of blood-red lightning cuts through the space from the top to the bottom of the canvas, suggesting a powerful storm. The middle section evokes a dark, mythic landscape being torn apart by apocalyptic energies. The title of the painting, drawn from a short story by Julio Cortázar about the Chilean composer Acario Cotapos, emphasizes the global reach of Porter’s thematic interests. References to architectural monuments or literature, however, are not per primary concerns; rather, this canvas expresses first of all the
artist’s involvement with the process of painting itself.
(2003)
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