Lucian Freud

Saw the Lucian Freud exhibit today. Absolutely wonderful – everyone should see it as often as possible. Layers and layers of discovery. All movement and insides pouring out from canvas.
I became drawn into the subjects. My reaction was instinctive.

There us so much living in all of us. All the human dirt, blood, water and emotion layered into nakedness. Memories layered onto the bodies making up movement.
The paintings made me touch my face to feel myself living in excitement.
That feeling of extreme sensitivity caused by brain overactivity was coming out through my skin.
Lip swelling cheek burning tongue touching response.

I love his work. I love his work.

As for the exhibition – I checked it out the wrong way around – looking at the more recent works first. This was a mistake really because the works go way back some from the forties and it is good to see a progression from older to current in this case. But there was no guidance from IMMA on how to view. A pointer would have been good at least and then let people make up their minds on where to go. Still it is well worth checking out and going to the new gallery first if you do.