Etching of a composer friend by gunsan
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This friend of mine was a wellknown and very eccentric Swedish composer, Sven-Erik Johansson, that wanted me to make a portrait of him. He was just writing the music to a ballet of Kafka's novel "The castle", so I took his original notes and laid as a background, and made an etching. He was very pleased with it, and I was invited to the premiere of the ballet, and the party afterwards. I felt like a cat among ermins in this company, sitting next to Birgit Cullberg. I think she is famous all over the world as a coreograph.
Not suiting me at all to be in such surroundings, but just for once it was fun.
Comments (11)
RayTraz
excellent etching there. and if he has a really eccentric personality i think you succesfully captured that. btw i never heard of him nor cullberg but yes ive read kafka, i like to make something out of his story about the torture machine and the metamorphosa.
retrocity
Gun, again you've done a wonderful piece. Simply beautiful... I love the use of the music in the background. It ties the feel and style of the piece so well.
Aeneas
Hey, you were sitting next to a human being just like you and me. But I understand the feeling. Do you etch on copper with nitric acid or potassium chloride? (or Dutch Mordant?) Sugar aquatinta? Soft ground? Me too, I love etching.
mav
I like this very much.... I wish I could see the actual piece. I''m curious as to whether the speckling around the eyes is part of the etching or artifcats of the scanning process.
bonbon
beautiful work... it has a DaVinci sketchbook feel to it as if it has aged for several centuries.
PunkClown
This is marvellous Gun, wonderfully realised. BTW ~ I think your mind is just as creative as any number of famous composers or choreographers in the world! :-)>
ladynimue
Wonderful composed, the notes dance upon the page :)
Varian
I have to reprise bonbon's comment as that is exactly how the first look struck me, too, as if it was a section of DaVinci's sketchbook. Really nicely done to include his personal work along with his likeness. :)
Michelle A.
oh my gun...this is lovely......you are such a talented woman on many levels
logiloglu
i agree with Michelle. a wonderful work, sorry for my english and the many repeating of the same words. !!!!! #:O) !!!!!!!!
dragonfly2000
The aged feel and overall texture are really well done. The image doesn't speak to me, but I appreciate the techniques. I've worked with choreographers in the past, I've found that once you know them many are pretty single minded, sounds like an interesting party!