“Land of Plenty” by Vera Illiatova

Deathrose – The White Rose – The Rose  (1958-1966)

1

Did your daily attention to paint

its weight

its hue in changing light

its sculptural bulges

its chasms

make your painting more

like words?

2

I start in the figure

as you never did

although the surface was of immediate concern

you started in the thing

itself

Paintbrush between your teeth

3

What defines the figure

Who says what ground

The art of FUNK

            The surface all fucked up

  or

            The process of fucking    up

                                 into revelation

4

You break it the

surface

never lies

right with you

5

By weight,