When introduced to Georges Rousse
work I was in awe of how he could create such three-dimensional work in such
flat spaces. I like how he talks so
calmly about his work. I am even more in awe to know now that he schemes all of
his works through a 4x5 view plane on a view camera, which means inverted from
our normal view of the world. It was interesting to see where he came from and
where he went, figurative images to chalk to paint to photographs to different
abandoned buildings. I had not seen his Red room sun representations before
this documentary. I like these works in
a different way but equal way than the represented 3D chalk or paint
sculptures. I am most interested in the
paint streaks surrounding the white glow of light but the sun leaking into
these red rooms, walls, floors, and ceilings.
The imitated 3D objects are more represented in his later double circle
works. He creates a circle inside a circle inside a rectangular space. He describes it as a metaphor for the eye, it
lets you see and give focus. The most
ornate “looking” pieces are the survey maps floating in a space, showing where
he has walked before. All were created
with contour lines and directions from a map.
“I photograph what is in a real space, what is really materialized, but
what I photograph does not express what is really happening in a space.”
2 views of the same space.
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