Pots and Pans
Artist:
Don Eddy
(American, born 1944)
Date: 1972
Medium: Acrylic on canvas
Dimensions:
48 x 60 in. (121.9 x 152.4 cm)
Credit Line: San Antonio Museum of Art, purchased with funds provided by the National Endowment for the Arts from a grant for works by Living American Artists
Object number: 81.153
Copyright: © Don Eddy
Label Text
"Such is the burden of my work, to celebrate the
mystery of being."
Don Eddy
Eddy has at times been identified with a group of artists known as Photorealists, yet he has little interest in replicating the appearance of a photograph. Although Eddy bases each work on a black-and-white photograph, the paintings are in color, each painted with an airbrush according to a unique three-color system. The artist begins by applying a layer of tiny circles all over the entire surface of a canvas in the color pthalocyanine green. He then adds a second layer in burnt sienna, and follows this with a third and final layer painted in dioxazine purple. The layered circles combine to yield saturated colors marked by rich reflections of light.
Essentially, Eddy is a philosopher, whose paintings bring attention to the metaphysical connections among objects. In this painting, he has blurred distinctions between tangible objects and ephemeral images, making difficult to decipher if the automobiles are seen through the window or merely reflected in the glass. In paintings such as this one, Eddy raises questions about truth in perception, for example, is an object any more real than its reflection? By giving each the same degree of precise rendering in the painting, Eddy implies, in fact, that they are equally valid realities.
(David Rubin, Label Text 2009)
mystery of being."
Don Eddy
Eddy has at times been identified with a group of artists known as Photorealists, yet he has little interest in replicating the appearance of a photograph. Although Eddy bases each work on a black-and-white photograph, the paintings are in color, each painted with an airbrush according to a unique three-color system. The artist begins by applying a layer of tiny circles all over the entire surface of a canvas in the color pthalocyanine green. He then adds a second layer in burnt sienna, and follows this with a third and final layer painted in dioxazine purple. The layered circles combine to yield saturated colors marked by rich reflections of light.
Essentially, Eddy is a philosopher, whose paintings bring attention to the metaphysical connections among objects. In this painting, he has blurred distinctions between tangible objects and ephemeral images, making difficult to decipher if the automobiles are seen through the window or merely reflected in the glass. In paintings such as this one, Eddy raises questions about truth in perception, for example, is an object any more real than its reflection? By giving each the same degree of precise rendering in the painting, Eddy implies, in fact, that they are equally valid realities.
(David Rubin, Label Text 2009)
Not on view
In Collection(s)
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