Sydney Yeager
Call and Response
2022

Name: Call and Response
Brand: Sydney Yeager
Price: 9200 USD
Availability: InStock

About the Item

Call and Response: Like most of my work, my paintings are painted “ alla prima”. “alla prima (Italian, meaning at first attempt), direct painting or au premier coup,[1] is a painting technique in which layers of wet paint are applied to previously administered layers of wet paint. Used mostly in oil painting, the technique requires a fast way of working, because the work has to be finished before the first layers have dried. I relish the level of risk and excitement inherent in ‘alla prima’ painting. Once a mark is laid down, that mark insists that I work with it, so each mark becomes a commitment, and each subsequent mark must respond to the previous one. Although this method is exciting, it allows little opportunity to rethink or revise. I must be willing to take what is given. The paint remains lively and active. It challenges me every step of the way. I arrive at titles after the painting is complete. I aim to suggest an entry into the painting without prejudicing the viewer’s own interpretation. “In music, call and response is a succession of two distinct pases usually written in different parts of the music, where the second phrase is heard as a direct commentary on or in response to the first. This can take form as commentary to a statement, an answer to a question or repetition of a phrase following or slightly overlapping the initial speaker(s).[1] It corresponds to the call and response pattern in human communication and is found as a basic element of musical form, such as verse-chorus form, in many traditions. I titled this painting “Call and Response” because the upper and lower halves of the painting were created as a ‘back and forth’ motion…I worked on the upper part, then responded by further developing the lower half. As a result, the two halves have a rhythmic back and forth relationship that resembles the ‘call and response’ in musical composition.

Creator:

Sydney Yeager

Creation Year:

2022

Dimensions:

Height: 72 in (182.88 cm)Width: 48 in (121.92 cm)

Medium:

Linen,Oil

Period:

2010-

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