“It is spirit, not painting” Makoto Aida Makoto Aida’s work “Harakiri School Girls” is a composition that recurs in the
Continue reading
Κατηγορία: art
Thomas Schütte’s “Großer Geist Nr. 13”
Geist can mean zeitgeist, the Holy Spirit, a powerful mind, clergyman or ghost, and is used to describe the science
Continue reading
Thomas Schutte’s “United Enemies”
Thomas Schutte is one of my favourite modern sculptors. Back in 2012 I visited his exhibition “Faces and Figures” in
Continue reading
Chillida: Gruss an (Hommage à) Heidegger
Δοκεί δε μέτα τι είναι και χαλεπόν ληφθήναι ο τόπος “It appears, however, to be something overwhelming and hard to
Continue reading
Eduardo Chillida Installation: Comb of the Winds, San Sebastian
“Boundaries are actually the main factor in space, just as the present, another boundary, is the main factor in time.”
Continue reading
Woman Combing/Braiding/Arranging/Caressing her Hair
Originally published in 2009. Revised on 28 May 2024. This is a post about pictures depicting a woman / women
Continue reading
Edouard Manet: Boats and Ships
From the collection of the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, France. Most of them are not on display. Edouard Manet, Marine,
Continue reading
Sailing boat
Saronic Gulf, near Piraeus, Greece. Sunday, 2nd April 2023
Continue reading
Madonna and Child paintings by Botticelli and Raphael in Berlin
This post is about Madonna and Child paintings by Raphael and Botticelli in Berlin’s Gemäldegalerie. Raphael, Madonna with Child, St.
Continue reading