"Without ears, mane or tail, this primitive equine evokes the Trojan horse and the cunning of the Greeks to enter the city. But made of precious materials, hieratic and hoisted on a terrace, this horse is not a wooden horse or a decoy. Recurring in the artist's work, it evokes more the passage from the world of the dead to that of the living, like a psychopump god, who in mythology leads and guides the souls of the dead. Other works by the artist bear the same title and refer to this same symbolism which escapes that of the medieval representation of the Hortus conclusus, that is to say of the Virgin and Child in the garden of Paradise."
Wednesday, 3 February 2021
Hortus conclusus, the enclosed garden
Mimmo Paladino is the author of this... strange beast at the museum of contemporary art in Strasbourg.
Tuesday, 2 February 2021
Street light
Labels:
architecture,
strasbourg
Location:
Strasbourg, France
Monday, 1 February 2021
Sunday, 31 January 2021
Saturday, 30 January 2021
Friday, 29 January 2021
Thursday, 28 January 2021
Wednesday, 27 January 2021
Mirror, mirror, who is the...
Tuesday, 26 January 2021
Monday, 25 January 2021
Sunday, 24 January 2021
Saturday, 23 January 2021
An Italian weekend reflection
Friday, 22 January 2021
Thursday, 21 January 2021
Wednesday, 20 January 2021
Tuesday, 19 January 2021
Monday, 18 January 2021
Sunday, 17 January 2021
Saturday, 16 January 2021
Friday, 15 January 2021
Weekend in black and white
We've had last night the heaviest snowfall since 2006, up to 45 cm, a foot and a half near the Basel airport. About 6 inches, 15 cm here. Anyway, more b&w here.
Thursday, 14 January 2021
Winter is ...here
What started as rain this morning, turned into the first real snowfall in 2 years. Real, meaning not melting within 5 minutes. My cameras hate wet weather!
Wednesday, 13 January 2021
Tuesday, 12 January 2021
On a freezing grey windy and rainy winter day...
Monday, 11 January 2021
Sunday, 10 January 2021
Saturday, 9 January 2021
Friday, 8 January 2021
Thursday, 7 January 2021
Wednesday, 6 January 2021
Tuesday, 5 January 2021
Monday, 4 January 2021
Sunday, 3 January 2021
Saturday, 2 January 2021
Friday, 1 January 2021
Thursday, 31 December 2020
Wednesday, 30 December 2020
Closed
All restaurants, bars, winstub, cafés still closed till at least January 20th. Only take away and deliveries. Meanwhile Uber Eats and others "se font des couilles en or", "are getting golden testicles", or are making a killing. A colorfull and accurate French expression...
Tuesday, 29 December 2020
Monday, 28 December 2020
Καφενείο
Happy new year, everybody! Wishing you all to be able to enjoy a Greek coffee, ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΟΣ ΚΑΦΕΣ, some time next year!
More Monday murals from over the world here
Labels:
crete,
greece,
monday murals
Location:
Heraklion, Greece
Sunday, 27 December 2020
Light at the end of the ... year?
The week between Christmas and the new year always seems to me as being rather strange, a little out of time. Will 2021 be good?
Saturday, 26 December 2020
Friday, 25 December 2020
Christmas in black and white
Second post today, wishing all my friends from the Black and white weekend meme a very happy Christmas
Thursday, 24 December 2020
Wednesday, 23 December 2020
Tuesday, 22 December 2020
Morning has broken
As seen from my balcony. It may look cold, but we had 13 degrees C when I took this photo, at 7.30 AM, 55 F, very far above normal.
Monday, 21 December 2020
Sunday, 20 December 2020
2 years
Last time it snowed here, 2 years ago. Christmas forecast: rain, 11 degrees C, 52 F. Grey Christmas ahead.
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