Painting of the Week: Chagall
March 10th, 2007 by Menachem Wecker
In honor of my birthday on Friday, I am posting Chagall’s “Birthday.” What I find most compelling about this work (and many of Chagall’s works) is his ability to reverse gravity. The figure which floats in the air remains grounded, despite the hovering. Chagall’s balancing act, like Rothko’s, is extremely tightly formed; if one line or one color were to change in the work, the entire piece would collapse.
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