jenny saville

Jenny Saville: I have to really work at the tension between getting the paint to have the sensory quality that I want and be constructive in terms of building the form of a stomach, for example, or creating the inner crevice of a thigh. The more I do it, the more the space between abstraction and figuration becomes interesting. I want a painting realism. I try to consider the pace of a painting, of active and quiet areas. Listening to music helps a lot, especially music where there's a hard sound and then soft breathable passages. In my earlier work my marks were less varied. I think of each mark or area as having the possibility of carrying a sensation.
(Extract from 'Interview with Jenny Saville by Simon Schama)

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[thedarkpixal]

thank you jenny,

a continuous inspiration, x

[laviarose1]

What is the name of the music playing? I love it. Thanks for video too!!

[MsMagicalCat]

This is just incredible!! I love Jenny Saville's work.Her use of almost continual line,we can see almost the preliminary work underneath,,,Oh god just brings the siiter to life! Rubens was considered the "great flesh painter",I def think Jenny's work almost transcends that.

I very much like working with movement+line in my own work...a pencil eraser certainly isn't in my art box! lol.thanks for sharing +hopefully encouraging other's to look at great female artist's work.Cheers Sophie