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Winged Victory of Samothrace

10 Sunday Nov 2024

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Nekaj jih je,
ki stojijo na robovih sveta,
ne vejo drug za drugega,
nihče ne ve za
njihov nevarni položaj.
Čeprav so na robovih sveta
in se pod njihovimi stopali
prhka zemlja sipa v nič,
ni sledu strahu
na njihovih obrazih.
Ko jih opazujemo
med vsakdanjimi opravili
(karkoli že morajo početi
z navidezno resnostjo),
so kot eden izmed nas,
premikajo predmete,
hranijo sebe in druge,
urejajo bivališča,
se ljubijo in
molijo,
le da je vse vselej kot v odmev
nečesa večjega in vrednejšega.
Sonce jih prve obsije,
dež jih najprej doseže,
vselej prvi prestrežejo
neurje,
nič se ne zgodi
brez njihovega blagoslova.
So med našimi prijatelji in znanci,
naključnimi mimoidočimi,
tihimi puščavniki,
nihče ne ve,
ne kdo ne kdaj in ne zakaj
stopi na rob sveta.
Velika radost ali velika bolečina,
včasih nič od tega,
le neprilagojenost
stvarem, kot so.
Šele ko kdo od njih za vedno izgine –
ko se tla pod nogami udrejo
ali se zgolj dopolni naloga -,
se zavemo nenavadne praznine
na mestu, kamor smo se lahko,
utrujeni in negotovi,
naslonili,
in občutka,
ko smo se v najčistejšem med zrcali
videli lepši in boljši ljudje.

Miljana Cunta, Nekajkrat smo zašli, zdaj se vračamo

La Colombe d’Or

10 Wednesday Aug 2022

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La Colombe d’Or, a hotel and restaurant in Saint-Paul-de-Vence founded by the Roux family, is as well known for its art as for its hospitality, with artists such as Léger, Matisse, and Picasso gifting works to the owners. A number of Calder’s gouaches adorn the walls, two mobiles hang in the restaurant, and a much-photographed large-scale standing mobile is installed alongside the emerald-green swimming pool.

Pri sv. Mavru / Da San Mauro / At St. Maurus

07 Wednesday Jul 2021

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Cerkvica je s prvo omembo leta 1192 najstarejša cerkev v kraju in okolici. Nanjo je vezano tudi najzgodnejše znano poimenovanje Mosta na Soči: In ponte Sancti Mauri, St. Mauro, Sankt Maurus Bruck.

Nominata già nel 1192, è la chiesa più antica del Most na Soči (Ponte sul Soča). è dalla chiesetta che deriva le denominazione del luogo Maurus Bruck.

Gertler

09 Wednesday Sep 2020

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Jana Gertler, Minstrel, 1980

The bright atmosphere of the Minstrel camouflages the monologue-like musical appearance. In the luminous nostalgic state of after-break cover, David himself contemplates us. The quietude and the state of calmness make the unheard melody vibrate even after the violin bow is silent. The gingery asperities of the works have savour, and the dense texture of the burnt granules must be felt in ancient key. The mythical figure of the young man, conceived as if from the dust of Petra, is torn from the mysterious legends of the past. I do not know why they give me the impression that he just sang for the righteous.
Adrian Buga, Jana Gertler, Imagini din spatele frunţii /Images from behind the forehead, 2013

Rodin

23 Sunday Aug 2020

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Auguste Rodin, Calaijski meščani /The Burghers of Calais /Les Bourgeois de Calais

The Burghers of Calais, commemorating an episode during the Hundred Years’ War between England and France, is probably the best and certainly the most successful of Rodin’s public monuments. Rodin closely followed the account of the French chronicler Jean Froissart stating that six of the principal citizens of Calais were ordered to come out of the besieged city with heads and feet bare, ropes around their necks, and the keys of the town and the castle in their hands. They were brought before the English king Edward III, who ordered their beheading. Rodin portrayed them at the moment of departure from their city led by Eustache de Saint-Pierre, the bearded man in the middle of the group. At his side, Jean d’Aire carries a giant-sized key. Their oversized feet are bare, several have ropes around their necks, and all are in various states of despair, expecting imminent death and unaware that their lives will ultimately be saved by the intercession of the English queen Philippa. The arrangement of the group, with its unorthodox massing and subtle internal rhythms, was not easily settled.

Lindgren

22 Sunday Dec 2019

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Nina Lindgren, Cardboard Heaven

“I use almost exclusively used cardboard. I collect it from the recycling center in my apartment building, from stores and sometimes I find it on the street. I really appreciate the sustainable, earth friendly aspect of reusing a recyclable material. Cardboard also has a lot of expressions. It varies in thickness, hue, color, texture. A bunch of cardboard means so many possibilities to me, when it to others may just be rubbish.”                                                                                                                                                                        Interview by The Raw Book

 

Zimoun

08 Sunday Dec 2019

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Studio Zimoun

“The components used in Zimoun’s work are simple, functional and raw, whereas only aesthetically high-level and purposefully chosen elements and materials are used in minimalist fashion. Through radical reduction, Zimoun creates works of art which allow for a plethora of associations without being pinned down to a specific direction. Radical abstraction functions rather like a code in the background of things, thus elegantly avoiding an insinuation of direct, concrete attribution.” – Amanda Neumann

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Montraker

09 Saturday Nov 2019

29. međunarodna studentska kiparska škola

Podno gradića Vrsara na zapadnoj obali Istre smjestio se ljupki poluotok Montraker, a na njemu i stari kamenolom istog imena. Kamenolom, odavno napušten, danas odiše posebnom atmosferom Mediterana i prošlih vremena, a svakog ljeta iznova oživi dinamikom umjetničke kreacije.

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Penone

14 Sunday Apr 2019

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Giuseppe Penone, Spazio di Luce /Space of Light (2012)

“La concezione del tempo che ha una farfalla, un fiore, un albero, un animale un uomo, una pietra, una montagna, un fiume, un mare, un continente, un atomo, produce la varietà infinita del pensiero e delle forme dell’universo.”

“The conception of time that has a butterfly, a flower, a tree, an animal, a man, a stone, a mountain, a river, an ocean, a continent, an atom, produces the infinite variety of thought and forms of the universe.”

Koščak

24 Sunday Mar 2019

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Lučka Koščak, Podvodni angel /Underwater angel, 26.maj 2018

Kip, ki so ga poimenovali Podvodni angel, so potopili v Svetem Juraju na Hrvaškem ob otočku Lisac na globino 15 metrov. Akcijo je vodil Miro Potočnik, potapljač in direktor Vivera, potaplaškega kluba. Snemalec in videopriredba Tone Stojko.

11 Monday Mar 2019

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Petrovaradinska tvrđava, Novi Sad, Srbija

Petrovaradin Fortress nicknamed “Gibraltar on the Danube” is a fortress in the town of Petrovaradin, itself part of the City of Novi Sad, Serbia. It is located on the right bank of the Danube river.

 

Decebalus

08 Friday Mar 2019

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The rock sculpture of Decebalus is a 42.9 m in height and 31.6 m in width carving in rock of the face of Decebalus, the last king of Dacia, who fought against the Roman emperors Domitian and Trajan to preserve the independence of his country, which corresponded to modern Romania. The sculpture was made on a rocky outcrop on the river Danube, at the Iron Gates, which form the border between Romania and Serbia. It is located near the city of Orșova in Romania. It is the tallest rock relief in Europe.It was commissioned by Romanian businessman Iosif Constantin Drăgan and it took 10 years, from 1994 to 2004, for twelve sculptors to finish it.

Brancusi

16 Wednesday Jan 2019

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Constantin Brancusi, Endless Column

Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) was commissioned by the Women’s League of Gorj to honor the soldiers who defended Târgu-Jiu against a German force during World War I. The sculpture is a 30 meter high, column of zinc, brass-clad, cast-iron modules threaded onto a steel spine, and is part of a three-sculpture ensemble along with two travertine monuments called Gate of the Kiss and Table of Silence.

Brancusi

14 Monday Jan 2019

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Constantin Brâncuși, The Table of Silence, Târgu Jiu

Circular stone table surrounded by twelve hourglass-seats, which symbolize time. The Table of Silence represents the moment before the battle on which the combatants were going to participate. Nevertheless, the seats are not located close to the edges of the table.

Brabo fountain

09 Thursday Apr 2015

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P1250621Brabo fountain, Jef Lambeaux, 1887, Grote Markt, Antwerp, Belgium

According to a legend, a terrible giant, called Druoon Antigoon, lived on the banks of the river Scheldt in ancient times. Whenever sailors on the Scheldt river refused to pay toll to the giant, he punished them by cutting off their hand. A Roman soldier, Silvius Brabo, managed to kill the giant. Brabo cut off the hand of the giant and threw the hand away in the river. Nevertheless, the hand is the symbol of Antwerp.

Greve in Chianti

06 Thursday Sep 2012

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Visoka pesem

15 Sunday Jul 2012

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Marcello Mascherini, Visoka pesem /Il cantico dei cantici, Trg Oberdan /Piazza Oberdan, Trst /Trieste

Prihajam pote

Skozi sence in svetlobe, / skozi množice, samote, / skozi vrvež, prazne sobe, / skozi čas prihajam pote! // Skozi solze in dotike, / skozi mrak in mik lepote, / skozi dneve — bežne slike, / skozi čas prihajam pote! // Skozi upe in strahove, / skozi drevored slepote, / skozi morja in valove, / skozi čas prihajam pote! // Skozi vzpone in sestope, / skozi bel smehljaj dobrote, / skozi skrivanja, nastope, / skozi čas prihajam pote! // Skozi svit, noči in dneve, / skozi dar nevidne dote, / skozi petja in odmeve, / skozi čas prihajam pote! // Skozi milost in predajo, / skozi glas in sinje note, / skozi videze — ograjo, / skozi čas prihajam pote! // Skozi delo, mir, molitev, / skozi vedenje in zmote, / skozi dni brez prekinitev, / tu sem, tvoj, prišel sem pote!

Jaka Košir, Nežnost, MK, 2004

Osorski perivoj skulptura „Kiparstvo i glazba“

13 Sunday May 2012

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Osorski park skulptur “Kiparstvo in glasba” /Osor Sculpture Park “Sculpture and Music”