by Jon Lackman | 19 January 2010 | Uncategorized
From the Times of Trenton:
… Right now Bois’ largest task — and he has basically declined all other work until its completion — is a catalogue pacing out the work and influence of American painter Ellsworth Kelly, who lives in upstate New York. Bois hopes to be finished in under two years, although his research comprises seeing every painting Kelly has ever completed.
Along with this, Bois envisions an exhibit on the phenomenon of “look-alike.” This involves the study of pieces of art in entirely different parts of the world and, indeed, from different centuries that are nonetheless almost identical in appearance. Bois wants to use pieces to explain the phenomenon, debunking a few entrenched theories along the way.
… [And] he wants to curate an exhibit — quite possibly in Princeton — on the painting technique of impasto, essentially the practice of piling paint onto a canvas with thick, textured strokes. Most of the art world looks down its nose at this technique, says Bois.
