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Up and under
Up and under Above the cloud you can’t see what’s below. And below you can’t see what’s above. It’s good to sometimes take a step aside. Photo of the week: Les Muverans and Villars, Switzerland 2015
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Spare-ribs
Spare-ribs That’s what I thought they were. Relics of the skeleton of a gigantic prehistoric animal. Casually placed against a wall. Or are they remains of the skeletons of palm leaves? Plant and animal world (including us) are of the same nature after all. Photo of the week: Margao, Goa, India 2012
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I know where I’m going!
I know where I’m going! A deserted beach. A flag on a pole in the wind. A woman walks with unfaltering steps straight to the point. What point? Where? Why? “I know where I’m going!” says her body. For us who only have one image and not the whole film, it will remain a mystery.…
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Elegant roots
Elegant roots Can a root master the art of fencing? Can a root stretch its legs to the tip of its toes? Can a root gracefully lift one leg up in the air? The roots of mangroves can do all that and much more. Photos of the week: Mangrove roots on the beach of Goulburn…
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Sand fish
Sand fish A small crab made a hole on the beach of Dona Paula. The sea came in to have a look, came in and retreated. The crab, the sand and the sea they played together. They made a lovely fish. What shall we eat today? Photo of the week: Beach at Dona Paula, Goa,…
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Sol LeWitt No.532
Sol LeWitt No.532 I have paid attention to Sol LeWitt on this blog before. You can see here and here. At the 2016 art fair in Geneva his Wall Drawing 532 was executed for the occasion. A beautiful work and, with its length of 40 meters, impressive too. Recently I saw an interesting film about LeWitt…
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Tableau vivant
Tableau vivant Scene at an art fair – visitors miming gestures as accidental actors in a shadow play unaware of the spatial configurations their poses produce on stage. Photo of the week: Art Genève, Geneva, Switzerland 2015
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Apparition
Apparition With the speed of light it came – the light alighted on the wall above a little fliers balcony intrigued we look up – the light will it illuminate us from its pulpit or vanish as it came – swiftly with the speed of light Photo of the week: Art work by Wael Shawky,…
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And her name is freedom
And her name is freedom She saw me looking intently at the reliefs on a wall of Persepolis. She asked if I liked them. She was sitting on a bench and offered me some nuts. I sat down next to her and we started talking, about the art, about my country, about hers. She was…
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Selfie girls
Selfie girls 1979 – ….They are waiting for the moment that the second date can be filled in – and the chapter of the Islamic Revolution in Iran be closed.The generation of the young seems ready for it. As for them a new chapter starts tomorrow. The chapter of a free and secular Iran. Photos…
