Tuesday 21 June 2022

A comedy of rectangles: Jean Hélion and 'meta' painting


 

 
 
 
 
 Do self-referential qualities limit a work to being art about art, or can they say something about art and life?
 
 Looking at self-referential or 'meta' qualities in Jean Hélion's pictures of his studio, his multi-image 'study' sheets, and the 17th century tavern pictures of David Teniers the Younger. 
 
 
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