Gallery Talk takes a tour this
week down the road of personal artistic interpretation.
Every July 20th I get to celebrated my wedding anniversary with my bride, this our 27th
year.
Last year I pondered and pondered on art & marriage. I thought an interesting exercise would be to think about my wedding & married life, more exactly what think about what art piece most closely depicts my life & marriage?
Interesting, but scary, the first image that popped into my mind was the famous Norwegian artist Edvard Munch's "Skirk". The Norwegian word S-K-I-R-K is cognate with the English word Shriek but traditionally the title of this piece is translated "The Scream" My bride tells me I have a strange sense of humor and yes I guess I have had like many marriages moments of shear terror, but terror has not been the dominant theme.
I
would say upon reflection my marriage is more like Vincent Van Goghs
"Starry Night". The image is one of Van Goghs most popular, it features
a night sky filled with swirling clouds, stars ablaze with their own
luminescence, there's a bright crescent moon, everything's a bit
exaggerated. The sky keeps the viewers eye moving following the swirling
curves and chunky dots of stars. Below the stars a quite town and to
the left side of the painting a prominent massive dark structure, maybe
it's a mountain, a tree, or bushes, anyway there it is my marriage in an
art piece. The bright moments of joy flowing in a life of unknown,
the peace and tranquility of the night town, my comfort with my brides
love and conviction. The dark features of mountain or trees, well
that's the mysterious unknown. It all kinda fits when you look further
into the history.Starry Night was painted in 1888 when Van Gogh was interned in the Arlse sanitarium, this fact just reminds me that being a tad bit crazy can help make it feel all perfect.
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27 years of marriage made possible by a strong women who puts up with a lot of insanity
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