"Come To The Edge"
I absolutely love this quote, which is widely attributed to Guillaume Apollinaire (1880-1918), a French poet / writer of Italian birth and Polish descent, was hugely influential as a Modernist poet and as a spokesman for the Cubist painters."Come to the edge he said. They said, we are afraid. Come to the edge he said. They came. He pushed them, and they flew." I have made two other pieces using this quote, and I think many other people really like it too, because I continue to have more requests for it in my art.
This scrabble tile art piece is constructed inside a wooden frame, covered in various tissues. The tiles are placed atop a cut portion of the lid of a wine box fitted inside the frame. Six inches of vintage wooden yardstick finish the piece. A colorful Mexican parrot, and a small brass bell, calls you to 'the edge'.
One thing I have not been able to figure out about this quote is: What was Apollinaire referring to when he said this. Do you know? Share with me if you do.
