Monday, February 25, 2013

Still Lives


Irving Penn, Still Life with Onion Skin, N.Y., 1947

Irving Penn, Still Life with Grape and Moth, N.Y., 1976

Irving Penn, 18 Pieces with Medicine Bottle, N.Y., 1980

These still lives do not assume an audience. The compositions are balanced, simple and make you feel like you've just come across a little marking of someone. I sense the same presence in this floor mosaic. A childlike process, meant only for personal amusement. 


Herakleitos, after a work by Sosos, Asaroton (Unswept Floor); 2nd century CE


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