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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Tables

Top Alain Gilles, Big Table for Bonaldo
Bottom Diego Rivera, Table on a Cafe Terrace, 1915

I just love the fact that every element, every shape and every shade is aesthetically connected. The world consists of countless variations of beauty that can be divided into a few basic principles. It only needs something as profane as a table to decode reality.
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Imitative Simulacra

Artworks Bruce Sargeant

A body of work dedicated to the athletic body. Torn between realism, magic realism, social realism and surrealism. Statues of implied presence, revived by the rythm of lines and incomplete structures.
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Neue Sachlichkeit

Artworks Christian Schad

The reference piece for my most beloved fashion obsession: A man in a sheer shirt hiding an undressed woman. Transparency covering nudity. His chesthair referring to her sexuality.
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