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Beach towels 1990,
Acrylic on canvas © Paul McCartney |
"Beach towels" is one of
the "summer pictures" which McCartney painted on Long
Island. It is based on the sensations of a sunny morning on a
bathing beach. But beyond that it is an example of the various
levels of reality in painting. The combination of techniques,
such as scratching, wiping and applying paint directly from the
tube, clearly documents on the one hand the artistic process as
it takes place on the canvas but creates on the other hand the
illusion of objective realism, with the elements air, water and
earth. In comparison to McCartney's other landscapes, here the
horizon is set very high. The illusion of distance (and beach
atmosphere) in intense shades of blue and ochre provides an
effortless link to the pictorial level. The break in the
perspective underlines the fact that this is a painting, an
artifice, and focuses on the relationships between shapes and
colours on the canvas.
PAUL McCARTNEY paintings
, Kunstforum Lÿz, Siegen, 1. Mai bis 25. Juli 1999
Konzeption & Organisation der Ausstellung: Kultur!Büro.
Kreis Siegen-Wittgenstein
Paintings © Paul McCartney. Photographs of the artist © Estate
of Linda McCartney
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