tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073370138460610500.post8896046551528489014..comments2024-02-26T10:06:10.741+01:00Comments on Blogdahl: Den seneste skeforskning IILars Bukdahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12609665059758562219noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7073370138460610500.post-25334876880663132232014-01-03T22:34:02.002+01:002014-01-03T22:34:02.002+01:00When he came downstairs to meet me, Johns wore a b...When he came downstairs to meet me, Johns wore a bill cap, faded work shirt and denim jacket, and mohair scarf which he explained by saying that a sore throat had begun to bother him the previous evening. He has thickened with age since our first meeting 12 years ago but is taller than I remembered.<br /><br />Johns declined to have our chat taped, so I said that keyboarding it directly into my computer might make for some inaccuracy.<br /><br />"Good!" he said with a laugh. "Accuracy is what I fear most."<br /><br />We sat in a large, informal sort of living room on the second floor, its walls blanketed by works on paper from his stellar collection: a cluster of de Koonings from several decades, a grouping of abstract and depictive drawings by de Kooning's unjustly underestimated contemporary Jack Tworkov (1900-1982), several Ellsworth Kellys and much else.<br /><br />When listening, Johns sits utterly stone-faced. But when amusement strikes, a smile transfigures his expression as completely as if he had torn off a mask.<br /><br />The contrast makes one wonder how he estimates the admittedly submerged humor in his work.<br /><br />"I wish there were more humor in my work than I see in it," he said.Lars Bukdahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12609665059758562219noreply@blogger.com