tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071867527573330005.post214047995501819223..comments2023-05-04T09:51:55.265-04:00Comments on Andrew Stevovich: Woman with a CellphoneUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071867527573330005.post-91934689904831841212015-10-22T09:17:09.046-04:002015-10-22T09:17:09.046-04:00I find it intriguing how the two earlier images o...I find it intriguing how the two earlier images of Telephone Call and the new one of Woman on a Cellphone change the narrative of the paintings so completely.<br /><br />The earlier images remind us there was a time when the telephone was used solely as a vehicle for conversation and verbal communication. (How quaint does that notion seem?). It did not govern our lives as it does now, providing us with ubiquitous access to the internet and fueling our self absorption with Selfies/Instagram/Twitter/Likes/Shares. The images of the couples in the earlier works are intimate. Even though they are pursuing different things - he reading a newspaper, she on the phone - nevertheless they seem to be aware of each other, sharing and experiencing the same space together.<br /><br />In contrast, the woman on the cellphone is focused on the phone itself, seemingly unaware of anything else. She seems conscious only of the object she is so singularly focused on. No doubt she can access huge amounts of information by means of that object and communicate with ever more people, but somehow she seems isolated, existing in a vacuum. <br /><br />It is all quite fascinating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5071867527573330005.post-72498625967714743422015-10-11T15:15:08.870-04:002015-10-11T15:15:08.870-04:00Terrific insight into the background, developmen...Terrific insight into the background, development, <br />and structure of "Woman with a Cell Phone." Beautiful!<br /> - JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com