Dimensions: image: 248 x 248 mm plate: 248 x 248 mm support: 368 x 282 mm
Copyright: © The estate of Barry Flanagan, courtesy Plubronze Ltd | CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 DEED, Photo: Tate
Editor: Here we have Barry Flanagan's "Left Hand By Right Hand" etching. It’s deceptively simple, almost like a quick sketch, yet there’s something unsettling about the drawing of the hand. What do you make of this piece? Curator: Well, its stark simplicity is, I think, precisely the point. It’s a self-portrait of sorts, the artist grappling with his own creative process, the awkwardness of using one hand to depict the other. Notice the almost painful tension in the hand holding the pencil, it's like watching someone trying to remember a dream. Do you see that tension? Editor: I do now! It’s not just a hand; it’s a struggle. Curator: Exactly! It’s about the difficulty of translating thought into form, the "ordeal" of creation, as the inscription suggests. Maybe we all feel like that hand sometimes, trying to grasp something just out of reach. Editor: That's a great way to put it, I see it totally different now.
CollectMore like this
