On Giacometti and visual art
From The Irish Times:
“Given that Alberto Giacometti is widely regarded, if not without some dissent, as one of the major sculptural talents of the 20th century, and that his circle of immediate friends included Samuel Beckett, it is perhaps surprising that Giacometti: From Life is the National Gallery of Ireland’s first exhibition of his work.
It has been put together with the co-operation of the Fondation Giacometti, Paris, and incorporates a good representative selection of his output, encompassing sculpture, painting and drawings.”
Giacometti is one of my favorite visual artists. He seems to have combined Modernist craziness and beauty well. For a while as a teenager I thought I might become a visual artist because I sketched almost obsessively. Even took an art drawing class at 19. But I started to scare myself with sketched portraits, so stopped. Now, I “paint with words.”