Once again, a proposal by MAN. I’ll recuse myself from the list, although my work would fit neatly on to many screens. My current paintings share the same proportions as HDTV (1:1.778), a simplified version of the cube root (1:1.732). Measuring 9 by 16 inches they are also one square foot in area. Hopper is off the list too, since there was already a play based on Edward Hopper’s Night Hawks called Nighthawks by Douglas Steinberg.
1. Vija Celmins, Gun with Hand #1 (1986). Guns + anything = good time.
2. Neo Rauch, Hatz (2002). Giant worm, ice cubes and men in long coats and hats with hockey sticks. It is made for Hollywood.
3. Albrecht Altdorfer, The Battle of Alexander at Issus (1529). I’ve never seen any films about Alexander and I doubt any depictions have been like this painting.
4. Gerhard Richter, Lesende (1994). Typically on view at SFMOMA, this painting could take one in any direction; murder, extortions, or grocery shopping.
5. Mr. Hollywood is a verb, Ed Ruscha, Standard Station, Amarillo, Texas (1963). Sky is the limit gasoline prices, international intrigue and Texas.
