Gedi Sibony - Contemporary Artists

That's Tall's Tale

That's Tall's Tale The Saatchi Gallery
 

Gedi Sibony

That's Tall's Tale

2005
Plastic, tape

152.5 x 152.5 cm

In That’s Tall's Tale, Sibony configures a ‘painting’ from plastic sheeting and packing tape, with the irregular shape of the ‘canvas’ drawing reference to artists such as Ellsworth Kelley and Frank Stella. By exposing exactly how the work was made, Sibony instigates a performative role for the artistic process, focusing attention on the subtle tensions within the composition and its very considered and sophisticated balance of form, materiality, and space. Through this intense scrutiny, Sibony affirms the authenticity of artistic integrity, positing a refined connoisseurship of, and heightened sensitivity to, visual tradition as an intrinsic and enduring value.
 
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