Comments on: Clyfford Still’s Ultimate Joke?

By: Karl Ziper

Karl Ziper — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 16:13:52 +0000

If I hadn’t read this strange story, I would hardly glance at these paintings.

Having looked at them, I feel profoundly unmoved. They remind me of the patterns to be found on some airplane or bus seats. Is this just a problem of viewing images on the internet?

If this is going to rewrite the history of abstract expressionism, it indicates to me that abstract expressionism doesn’t have much content… Wait a minute, well, you know what I mean. I’m not a big fan of abstract expressionism, but I feel like the genre is getting a raw deal here if it can be taken over by one nut with an attitude.

I prefer Palmer’s linoleum to this work by a vast margin.

By: Jay Hoffman

Jay Hoffman — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:31:01 +0000

Forgot to mention: my dentist looks a lot like Clyfford Still and is quick to cast his own aspersions on the present state of art – especially when I am reduced to gargled replies.

By: Jay Hoffman

Jay Hoffman — Fri, 20 Apr 2007 03:21:11 +0000

I remember seeing a number of Stills in Buffalo some years ago. Their chronology seemed a reverse of their appearance as the earlier pieces were relatively behaved and appealing with the latest in harsh colors and the paint attacked to the surface in that torn manner. Judging from my small exposure, I’d have to say that there is justification for juxtaposition of the whole. However, that said, wouldn’t we all like to have our work arrayed in some fashion in our own personal museums? I would tend to put Mr.Still’s recalcitrance down to predilection. Until recently Lee Bonticou was content to do her magic on some farm in Pa. with small regard for the gallery scene.

By: Alexis

Alexis — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:50:18 +0000

I love his painting and his style. There are some peices that I don’t quite understand but most of his work I find both interesting and beautiful. I cannot wait to take a trip to the museum and see his work all together.

By: Birgit Zipser

Birgit Zipser — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:08:01 +0000

Alexis,

You did not tell us whether you yourself like his painting.

By: Alexis

Alexis — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 16:02:01 +0000

I have recently become very interesting in Clyfford Still’s paintings and his life in general after hearing of his wife’s death and the sale of her last home. I lived two houses down from Patricia Still and I stopped by her home to say hello when I moved in but didn’t see her very much after that.
Their home was recently sold and I obtained a piano at an estate auction that belonged to Clyfford Still which is when my interest in his paintings began.
After speaking to countless numbers of people I have determined that Still’s paintings are never to be sold and the reason they are to be kept together is because he believed that they each transitioned into each other. People who knew him have said that he believed the paintings had a flow to them that could only be seen when they were shown side my side. I think it’s wonderful that his art will be displayed together in a museum just as he wished. He lead a very modest life with his wife and was nearly secluded from any other artist which I believe makes his art even more anticipated to be seen.

By: Serge G.

Serge G. — Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:25:55 +0000

I suppose to burn all these painting on the backyard.