"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
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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
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Monday, 18 January 2021
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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.
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