Two Paths Diverged
Posted by Rob | Filed under To There & Back Again
Page 17 from the catalogue for To There & Back Again - Catching The Spaces In Between. To order your copy click here.
Oil & Gold Leaf On Canvas, 120cm x 90cm
DCR: Two Paths Diverged reminds me of Allan D’Arcangelo and his trademark American highways that trail off into nothingness in that very clean style. What intrigued me is your use of gold leaf, which I know you have used in your abstract paintings.
RP: Every time I use gold leaf, my intention is to highlight something from either a narrative or an aesthetic point of view. Here it was about the journey onwards on the railroad tracks. This drawing is of a railroad in Marfa, a little town three hours from Odessa in nowhere Texas. The place is like an artists’ folly – it’s where the Donald Judd Foundation is, and it has a permanent Andy Warhol exhibition and some Dalí pieces and, bizarrely, a Prada store in the middle of the desert.
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