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UNITED STATES · 2000

Persian Series #9

Stan Brakhage
abstract color geometric shapes light and darkness fragmentation cyclical transformation
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Synopsis

Sharp edged "chunks" of color set in black, straight, often multicolored, lines piercing shapes, imprisoning them, until they are fragmented bits of color in black: repeat of this theme again and again until darkness prevails, but is then broken open by pure white shards and "spears" restoring the original "dance" of hard-edge shapes and lines, which then begin to whirl clockwise, interspersed wit

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