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Jul032008

Pettibon and Durer united in spiritual light

I have wondered if my attribution of a specifically Geminian vibration to Durer's Revelations plate XIV mightimg.888stjohn031.jpg not be a bit far-fetched, the pair of pillars not being as entirely central to the image as one might wish to uphold the claim.

Then I came across this corroborating twin-piece by Pettibon. Evidently the ultimate manifestation of Gemini spirit is in a starry flash of illumination, that transcends the shallow, garrulous dualities which Gemini may often display. Pettibon routinely counterposes image and text; here the very words "I'm Gemini", embedded in an airheaded phrase that mocks the profundity of the image, takes the mid-bottom label title position precisely parallel to Durer's placement of his famous monogram.

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