Max Coady
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- Blinky
- Blinky Palermo, born Peter Schwarze, aka Peter Heisterkamp (June 2, 1943 - February 18, 1977), was a German abstract painter. Schwarze (whose last name became Heisterkamp when he was adopted as an infant) was given his outlandish name in 1964, during his studies with Joseph Beuys at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. The name refers to an American Mafioso and boxing promoter who was famous at the time for "owning" Sonny Liston. According to legend, it was given to Schwarze at the suggestion of Beuys when the famous teacher noticed the physical resemblance between Schwarze and the gangster.
2 comments:
This is a great picture; the perspective is unexpected. It looks like you took it from up above, which makes the photo somehow disorienting yet very interesting.
-Kim Spann
On first impression, I have the urge to turn the picture so that it stands vertically at a 90 degree angle rather than the way it is presented now... but at the same time, I find the picture as it is now to be interesting in that it looks like you are dangling from off the top of a nearby tree and shooting the picture that way. The unexpected angle used to show the image adds quite a bit of interest, especially in the way the vines are portrayed. I love the circular shape that the vines are making and I don't think it would have the same effect if the image were turned.
-Juleah Chandler
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