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It is a compelling piece.

And thank you for your take on it. I think you should comment on Currently Hanging works more often.

Posted by homage to me | July 22, 2008 1:59 PM
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Dear Jen,
Thank you for the hang.

Tiny is what tiny does, and I've heard it said that sometimes it's not so much how you lay your canvas down... but often more to do with how we hang are petard out.

Congratulations to Freddy Mercury for playing the Scamp.

Posted by daniel bennett kieneker | July 22, 2008 2:16 PM
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I like it. But it's ledger paper, and the numbers aren't sequential, which is confusing. It looks like a bound ledger book, folded over backward (you can see the valley). Is it three-dimensional, or just painted like that? Sometimes computers suck for art.

Posted by Fnarf | July 22, 2008 2:27 PM
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Fnarf, I think it is folded over, but it lies flat. You're so right about computers and art sometimes.

Posted by Jen Graves | July 22, 2008 3:01 PM
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Jen, thank you for your opinion.

The piece is all the better for its unapologetic reveal of the notebook/ledger/whatever. The conceit works less well in some of Vega's other works on show...you certainly picked one of the best.

Posted by Jubilation T. Cornball | July 22, 2008 3:21 PM
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There are two reveals: the sketchbook sketch, and the ledger. It serves to make the picture more realistic-appearing than it really is. Or -- and I can't tell from the JPG -- it's the other way around, and the wash is actually a screen of the real picture peeking out from under.

Posted by Fnarf | July 22, 2008 5:15 PM

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