Speaking Synethesia: Jes Zurell at the Barnes Franklin Gallery from college 2008 cast Watch Video

⏲ Duration: 2 min 67 sec
✓ Published: 16-Feb-2013

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Interpreting Naples yellow as a ball of cashmere yarn, feeling a swath of crimson as a kiss and seeing glossy impasto as a decadent bite of meringue on the delicate tines of a fork, these paintings are interpretations of the simplest moments. Thinking back on a mundane moment, such as a long drive home along a road too familiar, the sound of gravel beneath the tires translates into an area of staccato brushstrokes. Sunlight catching in my squinting eyelashes filters into the play between warm an