Split-Level Defined: Combining sculpture, various types of painting, and construction in an architectural context, created by Tristan Meinecke in 1952. He was trying to solve the problem of "movement" apparently with a hammer. John Corbett: "One of the innovative aspects of the split-level is it had a solution to a basic problem, which had to do with how you create a sense of depth in a painting without resorting to conventional perspective techniques. How could you have a painting that felt like there was a sense of dimension at least in a cubist way? Split-level introduces literal dimensionality to paintings ... They have a real sense of depth; you can look through it." Tristan Meinecke: "Split-level started in the ’50s. I threw a hammer at a painting that I didn’t like. Then I put another painting on it, through which I gained a sense of shape and movement. You see the painting, and you see how it moves through space." |
![]() Abstract of Man in Suit -- 1953 ![]() Woman -- Paired with Heterogenious Icon 1950's ![]() Heterogenious Icon paired with Woman 1950's ![]() Labyrinth of Hysteria 1950's ![]() Burning with Awareness Late 1950's ![]() The Dancer 1958 ![]() Dangerous Curves early 1960's Owned by Joe Flynn ![]() Tristan Meinecke ![]() Boxed 1990's Generated by HTML5 Slideshow 2 Dreamweaver Extension 2.0.0
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