Meet 'Night & Day - A Modern Dilemma' Everyone!!

Night & Day - A Modern Dilemma  C.T. Rasmuss - A technique invented by the artist. (2013-14).

Success at last!!  To spare you the details, and redundancy:  I simply accomplished what I set out to do and more!...  

I 100% believe that this is a solid artwork in everyway, and like all art, it can be built upon; but what I'm most satisfied here with is: I took a chance, a risk, a BiG! risk!  - Considering this work took me around 225 hours or more to complete, even after its original conception, and corresponding sketches.

It opened my eyes to see how Art can be separated in another way: 

Art that is & art that BECAME...

Below you'll notice two masterpieces created by two masters of the arts, that have paved the way for artists such as me; my Above art-piece is an amalgamation of my own artist intuition, direction given by the masterpieces below, and the will to discover the unknown.

                                            Day & Night  M.C. Escher - woodcut (1938).

                              Link: Day & Night blog by C.T. Rasmuss

                                 Jasper's Dilemma  Frank Stella - alkyd on canvas (1962-63).

                              Link: Jasper's Dilemma meets Modern Dilemma blog post

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M.C. Escher's 'Night and Day'

Night and Day, M.C. Escher; Woodcut (1938)

"From left to right there is a gradual transformation from day to night and from below upward we are slowly but surely raised toward the heavens . . . and the fact that this can be achieved through the vision of the artist explains, in my view, why this print appeals to so many people."

                                              The Magic Mirror of M.C. Escher, Bruno Ernst; 1978 (pg.42-43).


This seems to be a simple enough explanation for a painting.  It is universally agreed that this is a masterpiece, created by M.C. Escher.  No matter how you try to put into words, it remains so, in all aspects of: symmetry, composition, design, symbolism, technique, execution, originality, the list goes on...

Point here I wish to make is: When considering other Great Masterworks like Divinci's Mona Lisa, Velazquez's Las Meninas, Van Gogh's Starry Night, or Pollock's Lavender Mist; - it's okay if we aren't able to "capture their essence by way of words"!...because maybe their beauty(mystery of attraction and truth) which eludes the tongue or pen, would cease to exist?... 

Perhaps sometimes in life & in the world of art&creation; we can benefit more by letting what is in front of us, just take over our senses.  To let go and subject ourselves to something foreign to us, to surrender the idea that somethings(Masterworks/natures creation) need no explaining, the mere fact that they exist is enough.

If this notion appeals to you, artist or not, click below to see a really interesting work of mine, where I the artist do my best to explain it and the process of its creation "in words".  Which I dedicate my "Masterpiece"-(much of it at least) to Mr. Escher's Night & Day; titled:

 'Night & Day, Modern Dilemma'.

 I hope you'll be pleased in it's originality and dedication, as I hope to inspire the next generation in return!!   Thank you!

link: night-day-modern-dilemma