Dike Blair: Matinee by Dike Blair, Helen Molesworth - 9781961883185

Dike Blair: MatineeAuthor(s): Dike Blair, Helen Molesworth\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Karma, United States\nImprint: Karma\nISBN-13: 9781961883185, 978-1961883185\nSynopsis\nBlairs painterly use of mise-en-scne evokes the influence of Edward Hoppers cinema-inspired tableaux\n\nPublished with Edward Hopper House.\n\nThis volume builds on a developing body of scholarship linking the American painters Dike Blair (born 1952) and Edward Hopper [tel] to each other. In both Hoppers tableaux and Blairs mise-en-scnes, light is a character in its own right, whether casting an eerie pallor on a desolate interior or illuminating the lip of a half-drunk glass; both artists imply narratives without offering definitive plots, inviting the viewer to stitch together a story from images and absences. Matinee foregrounds the realism of Blair and Hopper within the context of the utter irreality of the movies, lambent and liminal. Published in conjunction with the exhibition of the same name, organize.