Nachtkerzenplanze

1. Tim Hamilton Redux Fall/Winter 2011
2. Gustave Courbet Sill life with apples and peaches (1872)

It's interesting to see one's personal taste evolving with age. The minimalism of modern times requests the decorative exuberance of historical realism. Let them eat fruit!
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Image credits David Schulze

Linear Poetry

Top Sloane, Peter Stichbury, 2000
Bottom Maison à Bordeaux, OMA, 2002

An image I'd like to hang in a house I'd like to own. Neo-realism and puristic construction. Blue, black and red. The face rebuilt in architecture. The suit a hill, the white shirt's collar a declining brick wall.
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Mermen & Mermaids

Top Neo Rauch, Das Gut, 2008
Bottom Unknown

When thinking of mermaids, movies like The Little Mermaid or Mermaids instantly come to one's mind. But suddenly I realized one true classic is missing: Splash with beautiful Daryl Hannah. Thanks to Neo Rauch for reminding me.
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Seminal Influence

Artworks Xenia Hausner

I admire this woman and her work. And how I tried to achieve this perfect balance of abstraction and realism. In the end, I failed. But the sweet memory of my attempts remains.
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Brief Notice

Artworks Kurt Kauper

Underneath the superficial surface I currently share one detail with Cary Grant. Pale and untouched skin. Below the waistline. The result of patience and constancy. I am at the beach now.
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Velum Vellum

Artworks Paul Cadmus

I always felt attracted to magic realism. How the clothes cover the bodies like a second skin. Only appearing as an alibi for nudity and eroticism. But also adding an ease, lightness and vulnerability.
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