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3 -Critique of Damballah Dolphus Smith's Work- -Rose Auld sees the drawings displayed by Damballah as [[crossed-out]] as [[/crossed-out]] multiple self portraits. -Damballah- This is an ongoing series celebrating Africa, South America and the East. I use a rapidograph. -Frank Smith asks about the symbolizm [[symbolism]] in the drawings. -Donaldson-Explains a feeling of melancholia he gets from the work. Deep heavy contemplation. The Thinker by Rodin is an example of another work which evolkes [[evokes]] this. In the East it is identified by the Buddah. -Damballah-"I haven't researched it. The imagery is coming through me. I hope my work isn't meaningless even though I didn't know the specific. I love Makonde sculpture and the allness of man, animal. -Stevens-"How do you start, with pencil?" -Damballah-"Sometimes and then sometimes I go directly to the paper with pen." -Donaldson-Cortor, Clarke, Papa Tall, Wilfredo Lamb and Nacimento come/up as references for his work. "Interesting and a good groove. You have mastered the tool(pen)." -Damballah-Pointing out one drawing"The drum the musician is playing is evolking [[evoking]] the figure on the left." -Art Beatty-"The textures are marvelous." -Damballah relates the appendages that break in two places to Indonesian art. -Critique of Nelson Stevens work- -Nelson Stevens-"I'm working more with connecting symetrical [[symmetrical]] objects." (such as 1/2 of a head to 1/2 of a pelvic bone.) -Donaldson-I like the looseness and absence of white (chiariscuro [[chiaroscuro]] considerations) -Talibah-"It looks as if you went over everything with a wash to give it a brilliance." -Stevens-"There are some transparent areas, only a few, for the most part the picture is solid." -Anderson-Notices the distribution of forms and directions. The two solid green shapes, at the nostril and chin distract. -Talibah- "I like the background, the subtle geometry goes back." -Michael Auld- Sees the closeness and distances , having the feeling of a slide projection being focused at different distances. -Frank Smith notices the tendency of Stevens to be less active in the dark areas as opposed to light. Ron notices that the strokes follow the contour of the forms. _Stevns- "That comes from Ife sculpture."(scarification) -Talibah senses a ripeness in the work. "How do you start", she asks. -Stevens- I begin with penciling in the whole form, then I used 5 reds and greens trying to tie strokes across face. -Donaldson-"Why do you feel constrained to make such realistic faces?" -Stevens-"I'm aiming for recognizable features." (black features) -Frank Smith-"The eyes have a certain definite transparency and much depth."_ _Jeff Donaldson-Suggests thinking in terms of a light source from back of inside. -Smith feels that the whole piece could use more transparencies. -Donaldson-"When a/pieee [[piece]] become a presence no one but the artists can tell how its done."
