SPENCER FINCH ≫BOTANICA≪ @ GALERIE NORDENHAKE MEXICO S de RL de CV

SPENCER FINCH ≫BOTANICA≪
@GALERIE NORDENHAKE MEXICO S de RL de CV
Colima 159, Roma Norte
06700, CDMX, Mexico
September 06, 2019 - November 09, 2019

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Shadow of Orange Tree (After Lorca), 2019, fluorescent fixtures and filters, 320 x 420 cm


Falling Leaf (Beech), 2019, watercolor on folded paper 4 x 4 cm each square


Falling Leaf (Beech), 2019, watercolor on folded paper 4 x 4 cm each square


Following a Bee (Zinnias), 2018, soft pastel and pencil on paper, 77.5 x 111.5 cm


Spring (3,563), 2016, watercolor on paper, 228.6 x 355.5 cm


Spring (3,563), 2016, watercolor on paper, 228.6 x 355.5 cm, detail


Still Life (Bouquet) morning effect, noon effect, afternoon effect, evening effect, 2019, watercolor on paper Set of four drawings, 70 x 53.3 cm each


Two Petals Fall (after Masaoka Shiki), 2019, two archival inkjet prints, Ed. 1/5 + 1 AP. 42 x 42 cm each


Two Petals Fall (after Masaoka Shiki), 2019, two archival inkjet prints, Ed. 1/5 + 1 AP, 42 x 42 cm each, detail.


Remarks on Colour, 2019, dimensions variable, detail
“Imagine that all mankind, with rare exceptions, were red-green colour-blind...” (Wittgenstein, Remarks on Colour, I-12)


Remarks on Colour, 2019, dimensions variable, detail
“Couldn’t there be people who didn’t understand our way of speaking when we say orange is a reddish-yellow…?” (Wittgenstein, Remarks on Colour, III-128)


Remarks on Colour, 2019, dimensions variable, detail
“Yellow is more akin to red than to blue” (Wittgenstein, Remarks on Colour, III-50)


Remarks on Colour, 2019, dimensions variable, detail
"Lichtenberg says that very few people have ever seen pure white. Do most people use the word wrong, then?" (Wittgenstein, Remarks on Colour, III-35)


Remarks on Colour, 2019, dimensions variable, detail
“Grey is between two extremes (black and white), and can take on the hue of any other colour.” (Wittgenstein, Remarks on Colour, III-83)