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| Paper: |
From Earth to Sky: (Observations of) a Transformation |
| Volume: |
441, The Inspiration of Astronomical Phenomena VI |
| Page: |
245 |
| Authors: |
Feinberg, E. A. |
| Abstract: |
When Galileo first turned his telescope to the night sky in 1609, our
relationship with the cosmos was forever transformed, providing
glimpses of space without the frame provided by our grounding on
Earth. My paintings have followed a similar journey, moving from the
Earth to the sky, from the concrete to the sublime. Earlier work is
grounded, literally, with landscapes and sky. Increasingly, however,
abstraction replaces representation, and my paintings leave the
comfortable Earth behind, ultimately moving into the cosmos. Surfaces
are built up with veils of light, sometimes smooth, sometimes
bituminous, producing a sense of ambiguity and uncertainty. Viewers
are no longer attached to the Earth: they are transformed, much as
Galileo must have been transformed when he first saw the night sky
without Earth's frame. |
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