seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees

seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees, a life of contemporary artist robert irwin, written by lawrence weschler.

i love finding pieces centered with a history on the west coast. this comment by calvin tomkins summarized what my mind could not sort:

"'Robert Irwin, perhaps [one of] the most influential of the California artists, moved from his beginnings in abstract expressionism through successive shifts in style and sensibility, into a new aesthetic territory altogether, one where philosophical concepts of perception ad the world interact. Weschler has charted this journey with exceptional clarity and cogency.'"