Transcendental Aesthetic III

Transcendental Aesthetic III follows on from Transcendental Aesthetic II. This three part series is based on images of Brigitte Bardot taken by Sam Lévin between 1959–1963, which Bardot said ‘…managed to capture my quintessential natural, reliable and sometimes even sublime beauty…thanks to him I will remain in the eyes of the world eternally beautiful, young and unforgettable’, (Sam Lévin, 2001, p. 6). Part III has direct ties to the May 2017 recital of Schubert’s D959 and D957 — expressing a sense of the fragmented, melancholic and nostalgic. Use of colour in Part II and III were incited/motivated by Josef Albers ’Sunny Side Up’ show, which took place at the David Zwirner Gallery, London, in early 2017.