diptych # 1-2 ~ relationships

Structures ~ Bainbridge, NY • click to embiggenBouquet / grasses ~ Bainbridge, NY / Au Sable Forks, NY (in the Adirondack PARK)• click to embiggenI have always been a fan, making and viewing, of multi-picture presentations, most often in the form of diptychs or triptychs and, in the past, I have made quite a few - see some HERE.

For the most part, my dip/trip-tychs were of related pictures / segments of the same scene. On a very few occasions I made dip/trip-tychs that were essentially segmented panoramic pictures - which were fractured into 2 or 3 contiguous segments of a scene. However, whatever the format, I always print the multiple picture on 1 sheet of paper as a means of reinforcing the idea that, ultimately, the pictures must be considered as all-of-a-piece simply because they are inextricably linked on the same piece of paper.

What I like about dip/trip-tychs, those made by me and those made by others, is that a viewer is presented with multiple views of the same / obviously related referent(s) and, consequently, is drawn into the act of considering each picture individually and all of them as a whole.

All of that said, recently I have been drawn to making dip/trip-tychs in which there is not necessarily an extremely obvious visual link shared by the pictures presented on the same sheet of paper. Rather, the link between / among the pictures is the shared relationship of their implied / inferred meaning or concept.

To my eye and sensibilities, the meaning to be found and/or the concept behind a picture's making are, in the best of pictures, always ambiguous and ultimately very personal. Discovering the shared meaning and/or concept in 2 or 3 pictures, which you have been told (by means of their presentation or an Artist Statement) share the same / similar meaning and/or concept, is, IMO, an even more ambitious, intricate, and ultimately rewarding undertaking viewing experience.

At least, that's how I see it.

Comments

[Nicolas]

Mark,
This red barn is an "Hopperist" study...
Love that photo, I remember the last Hopper's exhibition I saw in Roma ( spring 2010) where there was two or three paintings of this very great artist of some farm and barn viewed from some different angles. The light shined in the Hopper's way to structure and magnify the red buildings.
Thank you for sharing your "watching addiction" ...
I read on one of your post where you were "complained" of not be read... You're not, simply, I appreciate the fact of some free gift you offer for a free sharing.
Thank you very much,
Nicolas
Paris

[gravitas et nugalis]

Thank you very much Nicolas