SEPTEMBER 5
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Binary, 2009
12" x 17 7/8", Graphite and pastel pencil on news print, $5,500
KALTENBACH ANNOTATIONS: BINARY. This is another work that reveals a thing impossible to see: the sunset on a planet in a binary (double) star system. This piece should activate when the sun is lowering on the horizon so both 'suns' are visible in the same region of the western sky, one a little above the other.
Will 'O' the Wisp. This work came to me in 1968 when visiting my friend, Frank
Owen's country place in upstate New York. We were hiking at dusk and in the
twilight this piece just took form in my mind. That spontaneous appearance of a
concept is always amazing although sometimes afterwards I have a realization of
where it had come from. Usually it's a logical progression from the line of work
I have been doing. Sometimes, however, I can see the sources of influence coming
from another artist's work, which admittedly is less amazing and satisfying -
that's just human nature. None-the-less, the vectors of incoming ideas are
fascinating in and of themselves.
WORKS THAT RELATE TO BINARY:
Will O' the Wisp, 1966
22" x 20", graphite on paper