Marchers (Les Marcheurs), 2013 by Gao Xingjian
“Monster” is derived from the Latin noun monstrum, “divine portent,” itself formed on the root of the verb monere, “to warn.” It came to refer to living things of anomalous shape or structure, or to fabulous creatures like the sphinx who were composed of strikingly incongruous parts, because the ancients considered the appearance of such beings to be a sign of some impending supernatural event. Monsters, like angels, functioned as messengers and heralds of the extraordinary. They served to announce impending revelation, saying, in effect, “Pay attention; something of profound importance is happening.”
– My Words to Victor Frankenstein: by Susan Stryker (via arabellesicardi)
Wassily Kandinsky - Mild tension, 1923
ArtStation - Concept for《Mojin-The Lost Legend》Part 2, by Tianhua Xu
Soviet saleswoman drinking a beer at her job. No idea when: before, during or after. (1990)
joga:
JIM MANGAN
“You are (on) an island”
Originally made in 2011 for the Sacred and Profane art festival on Peaks Island, Maine. Eggert and her collaborator toured the sculpture around the UK on the back of a flatbed truck for two weeks in January 2013. The word ‘on’ blinks rhythmically on and off. For the moment that single word remains unilluminated, a new phrase with a different meaning emerges.
Photo: Mike Fleming
Two Boys Aged 23 Or 24’ - David Hockney 1966-67
British b.1937-
Etching
Illustrations for Fourteen Poems from C.P. Cavafy
Deb Lawrence
You Can Count On Me
Gustav Almestal