The Jewel
Jay Defeo
In 1958, Jay DeFeo began two works. One would take her eight years, end up weighing more than a ton, and cause her to take a four-year break from art – it’s final name would be The Rose and it is regarded as a seminal piece of 20th century creation. The other, The Jewel shown here, took a little over a year and shares many qualities with its birth partner. Monumental in scale, it is more than three metres tall and a metre wide, it shares the same composition of rays that emanate from a central point and both works seem to speak to a religious transcendence, a divine light that provokes and inspires. Above all, these paintings blur the line between mediums. Oil paint is layered on so thick, so repeatedly, that the two-dimensional canvases are transformed into three dimensional sculptures, the process of creation literally reaching out to the viewer, escaping from flatness to hold physical space in the gallery. Textural density combines with geometric abstraction to create a modern work of alchemy.
Saturday 12th September
The Moon rises in the earthy constellation of Virgo, which holds us throughout the day and brings us into closer connection with the ground beneath our feet. As the world becomes increasingly ephemeral and technological, we are reminded to return our awareness to our bodies and engage with the sensory world around us. In the garden, Virgo invites us to gently hoe the soil and tend to root vegetables. This earthy impulse is further strengthened by a trine between Mercury in Virgo and Pluto in Capricorn, deepening our affinity with the earth and perhaps encouraging a profound and lasting shift.
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