Borderline Definition,

by Thomas Neubert, 2018

acrylic on canvas,

50 in x 40 in

Definitions are bounded by domains of relevance. This painting portrays the ambiguity, incompleteness and fundamental gap between the observer and the observed. In order to slow the mind of the viewers to better ponder; the letters in this painting have rotated or reflected; so that translating the words is not automatic.

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totality with thought

at its nub

perceives whirlpool

poetry

outside walls

of museum

 

art forming reflective

knowledge

binds infinite

finitude

beyond instrument

mind extension

 

violence

explicit unapologetic

revulsion simplistic

too

implicit our

self indoctrination

      —Thomas Neubert