“Worth Repeating” is a weekly feature on the EngAGE Blog that will bring you previous posts that we think are still timely, interesting, or just plain fun! From 6/24/15:
Ed Moses has been painting for over 60 years. His was the second show at the now infamous Ferus Gallery in L.A., but his style of painting and drawing made him an anomaly there. His philosophy: “I asked myself one day, ‘What are you doing, Ed? Are you making pretty pictures? Are you making art?’ I said, ‘No, I’m not interested in art, and I’m not interested in making pretty pictures,’ but I am interested in discovering pictorial images that I hadn’t thought of before, so I invent ideas as I proceed that allows discoveries with the paint in whatever the situation is. One day, I noticed caterpillars, and as they traversed along the concrete, they would leave tracks where they’d been, so I like the idea that a brush could leave a track where it was, and therefore it would be like me tracking where I’ve been and where I’m going.” ~ Learn more about Ed Moses here.
2016 UPDATE: “Moses @ 90” is a retrospective currently showing at the William Turner Gallery, 2525 Michigan Ave., Santa Monica through June 25th. More here.
