Saturday, November 05, 2011

The House



This house which is almost gone. Which still has the lines and weight of a house, yet could very well be called landscape. This house which is a set of floors engraved with memories that no one you know could ever read. Things, as people, come and go, yet we believe them to be different, we invest what is left of our faith in this space or that. It's what you think as you move the objects around, pretty damn self-conscious, pretty certain that this armchair in this place is pure iconoclasm. 

You'd rather it were a farm. You would prefer it to be pragmatic, and you would strive for it to be pure function, eliminating any sentiment, oiling the squeaking doors so the sound doesn't leave traces, cleaning the floor so there are no signatures. No time travels. 

Then you picture this farm, and somehow it's not so proper, the weather is muddy, or maybe that's the way it always looks, there are traces everywhere, things have a rhythm they will never ever retain, things have a rhythm they will never ever give up. It is your wildest dream, and this land is full of you, it does not allow you to leave. You seem to have been here long before you've ever pictured this place.

You move back, trying not to stare, so as not to keep any of this. Then you see the roof, its perfectly symmetrical form (it is not symmetric, but that is how you see it), its blissful abstraction. The way this alien form remains here. Now, yes, you can leave. You exit the picture, you go back to the house where the armchair is elsewhere, you walk out through the garden, and you take your hard-earned sight to another nest.
Nicholas McLeod, The Farm (2010)




8 comments:

A. Palau said...

Really nice paintings and comments. Does this MacLeod paint still lifes normaly? Thank u!

Kristin H said...

Wonderful interpretation!

Sara prestiti pensionati said...

is disturbing!

Viktor said...

A bit depressing atmosphere... And that's what art is : to arouse feelings. I'd like to invite you to join my art community site. Your artwork will definitely attract attention!

ghrp6 said...

it's sad and nice at the same time..

DPLblog said...

Reminds me of Evan Summer's work -- I like this contrast of familiar objects with a real geometric, analytical approach. There's interesting character in that.

http://evansummer.com/galleries/

Devon said...

Great image! The geometry is wonderful and very tastefully done to give an abstract twist to something realistic in root. Reminds me almost of Japanese screen art.

www.mccordgallery.com

Devon said...

Great image! The geometry is wonderful and very tastefully done to give an abstract twist to something realistic in root. Reminds me almost of Japanese screen art.

www.mccordgallery.com

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