Monday, 8 February 2010

Poles Apart


Francesca Woodman

Highly likely that I have used the image before. Every time I see it I am struck by the depth and sheer mystery. Is it some sort of pole that is a blur but leads and pulls us, the viewer, back to the girl?

The hair obscuring her face adds yet another layer of mystery. Her understated clothes, the rows in her cable knit sweater all seem to fit with the whole composition. I am always fooled into thinking she is on a pew in a church but on closer inspection the pew could be the end of a bed...
Whatever the answer more proof at the great work Woodman made, and at such a young age too!

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