White Painting
Robert Rauschenberg
How can an artwork be created untouched by human hands? This was the question Rauschenberg was contemplating when he created the White Paintings. Stark canvases painted completely white with no visible brush strokes, in a series of different panel numbers. For Rauschenberg, these were not one-off artworks, but instead remakeable works. They were a concept, a thought experiment that anyone could, and he hoped would, be able to reproduce. John Cage, for whom these paintings inspired his silent composition 4’33, said the paintings were ‘airports for lights, shadows, and particles’. That the artwork was the world around them, they were merely a vessel for amplification. Rauschenberg succeeded – even if the plane was made by human hands, it became simply the background for the artwork of the world that is happening around us constantly.
Tuesday 8th September
The Moon deepens into Cancer today, where it joins Jupiter in this watery constellation. Before dawn, the slender crescent Moon can be seen close to the bright planet, before passing directly in front of it later in the day in a rare lunar occultation. Through binoculars or a small telescope, Jupiter’s four largest moons—Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto—may also be visible as tiny points of light. Together with our own Moon, they create the unusual impression of five moons gathered within one small area of the sky. Jupiter is traditionally associated with expansion, wisdom, generosity and abundance, strengthening the nurturing and life-supporting qualities of Cancer. In biodynamics, Cancer is associated with water and the leafing processes of plants, making this a favourable time to water and tend autumn salads, spinach, kale and other leafy crops. As summer growth begins to slow, these plants can use the warmth remaining in the soil to establish themselves before the colder months arrive.
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