A Comedy of Rectangles: Jean Hélion and Meta Painting

Do self-referential qualities limit a work to being art about art, or can they say something about art AND life? Looking at self-referential or 'meta' qualities in Jean Hélion's pictures of his studio, his multi-image 'study' sheets, and the 17th century tavern pictures of David Teniers the Younger. 🖼 Chapters: 0:00 Opening Title 0:31 Chapter 1: The Studio 7:06 Chapter 2: Remix/Repeat 21:12 Chapter 3: Cycles and Containers 40:01 Closing Remarks With thanks to Naomi van Dijck, Vera Mennens, Kramer Kunst & Antiek Amsterdam. And to the warm and helpful folks at Galerie Alain Margaron, Paris. I Knew a Guy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-... Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Artists Jamie Limond and Samuel O'Donnell are Painting Nerds: making short films about looking, thinking and engaging critically with painting. | SUPPORT OUR WORK | Patreon:   / paintingnerds   Donate: https://paypal.me/thepaintingnerds | FOLLOW US | Painting Nerds:   / painting_nerds   Jamie Limond:   / limondjg1993   Samuel O'Donnell:   / samuel_odonnell   #painting #art #20thcenturyart #20thcenturypainting #jeanhelion #stilllife #stilllifepainting #davidtenierstheyounger #velazquez #lasmeninas #meta #arthistory #studio #artiststudio #paris #frenchpainting #crit #criticism