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2002.12.16 12:32
Franklin painting
Portrait of Benjamin Franklin
1762
Oil on canvas
Mason Chamberlin
English
Died 1787
as depicted in Stephen Lauf, Museum Trip 2002.12.10
I went back to the museum yesterday and noticed that the lightening/bell invention that Franklin is looking at is indeed depicted in the painting--the left side of the painting is so dark that I didn't notice the two bells, etc. I took more pics of this aspect of the painting.
Like Helena, Constantine and Eutropia, Franklin and Duchamp are "paradigm shifting architects." The Franklin painting is especially poignant because it is a virtual photograph of Franklin looking at what is one of the first every "works" to incorporate captured electricity in the process of the work. The paradigm shift manifest by Franklin and his work is nicely illustrated by the juxtaposition of Franklin and his invention with today's ubiquitous "three-way plug." Duchamp's paradigm shift deals with a new approach to dexterity as well as art that is non-retinal.
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2002.12.16 16:11
for your viewing pleasure
Museum Trip 2002.12.15 is now online beginning at
www.museumpeace.com/03/0266.htm.
Note I continued to experiment with collaged running pictures to illustrate a particular room. The third page begins with a series of images depicting Duchamp's The King and Queen Surrounded by Swift Nudes. A new painting has been added to the Johns gallery, while one was also subtracted. And on the seventh page is Franklin and his invention (although still a bit too dark).
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