op 'n stoel in 'n krit het die woorde "inquiring 'iets'" gestaan. in my kop deur my oë het ek 'dolphin' gelees. "hmm", het ek gedink, "dit klink vriendelik." TADA!!! my blog se naam... in case you were wondering.
Thursday, 22 March 2012
Cyprien GaillardBelief in the Age of Disbelief (Paysage aux trois tours) 2005Belief in the Age of Disbelief (Paysage aux trois tours) 2005
Belief in the Age of Disbelief (Paysage aux trois tours) 2005
In 'Belief in the Age of Disbelief', GAILLARD has introduced tower blocks into 17th Century Dutch landscape etchings. These post-war structures, once a symbol of utopian promise that have now come to represent racial conflict, urban decay, criminality and violence, have been seamlessly assimilated into a rural idyll. Some tower blocks have been positioned in the composition like a defiant medieval fortress, others as apocalyptic ruins. Like the paintings of Hubert ROBERT, admired by DIDEROT, who depicted ancient ruins and even the imaginary future ruins of the Louvre (1796), GAILLARD comments on the relationship between romanticism and decay, and architectures' inherent communicative power.
In 'Belief in the Age of Disbelief', GAILLARD has introduced tower blocks into 17th Century Dutch landscape etchings. These post-war structures, once a symbol of utopian promise that have now come to represent racial conflict, urban decay, criminality and violence, have been seamlessly assimilated into a rural idyll. Some tower blocks have been positioned in the composition like a defiant medieval fortress, others as apocalyptic ruins. Like the paintings of Hubert ROBERT, admired by DIDEROT, who depicted ancient ruins and even the imaginary future ruins of the Louvre (1796), GAILLARD comments on the relationship between romanticism and decay, and architectures' inherent communicative power.
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