Artist as Poet: The Purest Red
Exhibitions & Events
On July 21, 2016, Deputy Director for Curatorial and Academic Affairs Klaus Ottmann shares an overview of Karel Appel: A Gesture of Color. In anticipation, we’re sharing examples of Appel’s poetry paired with his artwork on the blog.
Karel Appel, Wounded Nude, 1959. Oil on canvas, 72 x 95 5/8 in. Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
In my inner life exists a desire for the purest red my nervous system is red my tissues are red my entire being is red the primal animal lies on the beach as a broken red sun drenched with dark red blood Karel Appel, “Ode to Red”
Karel Appel, Floating like the Wind, 1975. Oil on canvas 78 3/4 x 102 3/4 in. Private Collection © Karel Appel Foundation, c/o ARS New York, 2016
Never heard the sound of her voice floating over the desert full of space nostalgia and loneliness where yellow camels stare into infinity Karel Appel, “Fata Morgana”
