tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post1415479223380767351..comments2024-03-29T03:36:27.656-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: PortinariOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-56047224282887073942011-05-16T14:25:40.179-04:002011-05-16T14:25:40.179-04:00What an amazing talent. And how sad about his deat...What an amazing talent. And how sad about his death. I like learning about Brazil through your books and posts. Thank you.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-17606007524768401222011-05-16T10:56:15.113-04:002011-05-16T10:56:15.113-04:00The children's game, Which of these things are...The children's game, Which of these things are not like the others?", applies to the painting of the refugees. There is beauty and color in the human subjects in the other paintings but the refugees are in black and white, a group of the walking dead, standing on soil that is dead.<br /><br />The old man is the stunning representation of their desperation. The birds in the background feast on carrion and the juxtaposition of a bird and the staff the old man is carrying, turn him into the grim reaper. He knows that there is no future, only death.<br /><br />This is the sort of painting that should be in a room without other art to distract from its impact. It is a statement about the conditions in the northeast of Brazil but it is represents every other country that practices genocide by neglect. This painting imprints itself on the retina; if I close my eyes it is still there.<br /><br />BethAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-22635574098106712062011-05-16T09:59:41.474-04:002011-05-16T09:59:41.474-04:00Extraordinary beauty.Extraordinary beauty.Jeffrey Sigerhttp://www.jeffreysiger.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-35594089065990416682011-05-16T02:14:34.224-04:002011-05-16T02:14:34.224-04:00Talk about range. Those paintings are powerful ac...Talk about range. Those paintings are powerful achievements in a half-dozen different styles. <br /><br />The word "awesome" gets casually thrown around in the current vernacular, but, damn, for any of us who spend a lifetime struggling to nail one reasonably functional mode of expression, Portinari is an actually awesome figure.<br /><br />Great post.<br /><br />--LennyLenny Kleinfeldhttp://www.lennykleinfeld.comnoreply@blogger.com