I was delighted to find the background penciled filler patterns on the pieces on the East wall of the exhibit. I particularily liked #4, Cumaca, 2006. He used a pattern that was like shells, the lines of the shells, over and over.
I use a similar pattern in my free motion quilting on my quilts. One of the differences is that Ofili can lift his pencil whenever he wants, when I'm adding lines with a sewing machine, I don't want to stop the line of stitching unless I have to. So my shapes tend to grow out of each other. Plus, my lines aren't as close together as his. It takes me about an hour to fill a square foot, and that's moving pretty quickly, he must have spent hours and hours on his drawings.
I'm teaching a free motion quilting class at a quilt show next week. It would be amusing to use some of Ofili's images as samples, not mentioning his controversy, and seeing if anyone recognizes his work.
Incidently, I did see one of his controversial painting at the Walker in Minneapolis a little over a decade ago. The painting was gorgeous. The dung was like a decoration, if you didn't know what it was, you wouldn't guess. I don't remember which painting it was, I don't remember the butts, but I was going through the museum quickly, lots to see, too little time.
I hope everyone had a great weekend!
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