From Marie Wintzer - The Complete Series - A Line

[cheryl penn]

I don’t think there is much that Marie has not covered about A Line in terms of definitions in this work.  I am VERY pleased to have received the full set. 

Albert Einstein said that an attempt at visualizing the fourth dimension was like taking a point, stretching it into a line, curling it into a circle, twisting it into a sphere and punching through the sphere – welcome to another dimension – a world of beautiful photographs that come in full circle  - Marie’s Lines. 

As I  could not think of any sort of line she has not covered I thought of tackling this from other sorts of lines?

How about this one?

By painting colors and lines and forms seen in quickened mood I was seeking to make this mood vibrate as a phonograph does. This was the origin of the paintings in The Frieze of Life.

Edvard Munch.  This seems very much to be the mood of Maries photographs.

Paul Klee said that drawing is simply a line going for a walk.  Marie's lines are on track. 

 And here’s a goodie – men are governed by lines of intellect – women, by curves of emotion (James Joyce). Ok - I'm not standing in the line of fire for that one - its not my line... but I like the curves of emotion bit.

This is one of my favorite photographs of Marie's - its the visual language on text in knots - in a very physical sense. 

I always know my lines.

Vivien Leigh

Sometimes I dread the truth of the lines I say. But the dread must never show.

Vivien Leigh

And in conclusion, to celebrate the whimsical, ethereal nature of Marie’s work:

Life and death are one thread, the same line viewed from different sides. Lao Tzu

P.S

There's a fine line between fishing and just standing on the shore like an idiot.

Steven Wright

 

P.S.S.

If all the ways I have been along were marked on a map and joined up with a line, it might represent a minotaur.

Pablo Picasso

 

P.S.S.S.

I'm bored with that line. I never use it anymore. My new line is "In 15 minutes everybody will be famous."

Andy Warhol

[Marie Wintzer]

What a fantastic blog, cp-sa, thank you! The photos of the photos are great, and all those line quotes! (my favorite one is Steven Right's) :-)) VISPHO, I think you are the inventor of that fab new word. I think this can go into the VISPHO files. I'm really glad you like it, I had a lot of fun working on this series. Now I'm hooked with series! Thanks for the great blog, you really got it, I couldn't be happier...