Čiricaitė, Egidija: Bless Blast Wyndham Lewis was described by Ernest Hemingway as having “eyes of an unsuccessful rapist”. Leonard Woolf labeled him as “bilious and cantankerous”. Paul Nash defined Lewis as “strangely sub-human”. Lewis inspired almost entirely negative commends from his contemporaries, including accusations of vanity, insanity, irritable temperament, dullness and general nastiness. His penchant towards the negative, makes it rather delightful, that his first Vortex manifesto in the first Blast edition included not only of those deserving a blast, but also of those who would merit a bless.
Here I take a less polarised view. Although inspired by Wyndham Lewis’ manifesto, my blast and bless compete for the same ideas. Layers of meaning overlap, preventing the concepts from emerging as fixed entities. Although differentiated by only two letters, the bless and blast are entangled: they are a nebulous reminder of the delicate difference between that what is pursued, and that what is cursed. en., riso print, digital print, 5.2 x 10.2 inch, Ed. of 50, num., sign., London, 2022 Request of availability backnext