Ignacio iturria sculptures newington
Ignacio iturria sculptures newington
Ignacio iturria - artists - marlborough graphics...
The Uruguayan artist Ignacio Iturria at work in the studio that was set up for him within his exhibition at the Neuberger Museum (photo © Antonia Iturria, courtesy of Fundación Iturria)
Several years ago, I spoke with the legendary American graphic designer Milton Glaser about the work of his friend Jean-Michel Folon (1934-2005), the Belgian artist whose visual-pun-filled watercolors offer a tender-fantastic view of the human condition.
Regarding those dream-like pictures, Glaser pointed out that it’s a good artist whose works manage to catch our attention, amusing or even entertaining us, but that it’s a great artist who changes the way we see.
By “seeing,” he was referring, of course, not merely to ocular perception but, more profoundly, to new, unexpected understandings of the world that are served up by the senses, the mind, memory, and the spirit when artists with unique visions guide us into unexpected or inventive ways of looking and comprehending.
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