I went to Langdon Quin's artist lecture today. I wasn't really sure if I was going to enjoy it or not, I found that his paintings were very pastel in color and seemed "candy" to me. Professor Hood asked him about not having rich darks in his paintings; whether it was a conscious decision or simply a bi-product of his process. Quin replied that he wanted his darks to have visual weight, which he attributed to using whites in his darks. That makes no sense to me...and I still don't like that he doesn't use real heavy darks in his work.
Everything that was hanging in the show was more recent work I think, so i'm sure he has had darks in his earlier stuff. I did really enjoy his explanation of his triptych of the art studios. I thought that there was a lot I hadn't seen in the work until he spoke about it. I also thought that his other descriptions of his paintings made them more interesting.
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