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Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Twins (after Alice Neel)

Alice Neel: The De Vegh Twins, 1975
We are the same; we are identical.
We are sitting on the piano stool;
our portrait is being painted by Alice Neel.
Be yourselves, don't feel obliged to smile. 
So begins a poem that Jackie Kay wrote after attending the exhibition of Alice Neel's paintings in London last year - one of many quite magical poems in her new collection, Fiere.
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3 comments:

  1. Fire Bird25 January 2011 at 20:02

    wonderful - can't wait to get Fiere

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  2. Dale25 January 2011 at 20:39

    Wow, they're both wonderful.

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  3. Jean25 January 2011 at 22:48

    Yeah, both the painting and the poem have such presence, they knock your socks off.

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