Invitation to “William Gaddis’s JR & The Recognitions”

Tim Youd

2020

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A black and white photograph of a cropped and close-up of a corner of an oil painting on panel. The photograph, taken at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum captures the face of the subject, Tommaso Inghirami and the top left portion of the gilt frame. Inghirami's eyes appear to look upward at the left hand corner of the gilt frame. The cracks and small chips in the aged oil paint on panel are especially highlighted in the black and white photograph.
Mixture of Frailties, Constance J. Thalken, gelatin silver print
A black and white photograph of a space with a camera obscura image on the wall where a framed long horizontal photograph hangs above a wooden desk and chair. The inverted projected image is of the nearby area of Mill Valley in Lawrence, Massachusetts. The inverted multi story brick building structures on either side of the desk create an illusion of an alley or street. Rows of upside down arched windows converge to an unseen point on the wall. The wood grain of the desk and chair along with the floor board pattern are illuminated by the small source of light from the camera obscura.
A featureless head with heavy black slashes over the eye area on a brown and black hatched background.