Infinite Gradation

Infinite Gradation is an astonishing meditation on the moral, emotional, and philosophical implications of love and the creative act, especially those creative works that, as George Steiner has said, “make a deposit in the bank of terror.” Michaels has chosen to draw on that “bank” – to embrace life through an unblinking confrontation with the terror that is death in our time – by speaking through the work of three great artists, recently dead, who were her confidants: the sculptor Eva Hesse, the painter Jack Chambers, and Claire Wilks, print maker and sculptor "who could draw like few others.”

Gradarea infinita este o meditatie uimitoare asupra implicatiilor morale, emotionale si filozofice ale iubirii si ale actului creator, in special acele lucrari creative care, asa cum a spus George Steiner, „fac un depozit in banca terorii”. Michaels a ales sa se bazeze pe acea „banca” - sa imbratiseze viata printr-o confruntare neclintita cu teroarea care este moartea in vremea noastra - vorbind prin opera a trei mari artisti, morti recent, care erau confidentii ei: sculptorul Eva Hesse , pictorul Jack Chambers si Claire Wilks, tipograf si sculptor „care ar putea desena ca putini altii”.