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UNITED STATES · 2000

Persian Series #7

Stan Brakhage
abstract color hieroglyphic imagery landscape abstraction calligraphy geometric transformation
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Synopsis

Very pale, thin, hieroglyphic pinks, greens and blues in a white space which is thickened over by ribbed mashes of these colors which "dissolve" into varied shapes almost suggesting landscapes and ephemeral bouquets. Dark blurred shapes mix with each other and give-way to clockwise-turning pillars of yellow, scored with white glyphs, at times, and fading mashes of tones and, finally, a calligraphi

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