Waves, Oversights

 Just an emotional response while travelling in open water.

 

There is an eerily similar visual experience of the Earth from the astronaut – 

Ron Garan from below link:

Think like an artist?

 

Here are some great maxims, sharp insights, perhaps harsh truths for artists, or indeed people who are reflective enough to face themselves.

The book that crossed my path at MAXXI is Think Like an Artist, Don’t Act like One by Koos de Wilt.

Credit: Koos de Wilt, Think Like an Artist, Don’t Act Like One

Image source: Internet (various search engines)

Man Ray: When Objects Dream

 

Man Ray: When Objects Dream (Metropolitan Museum of Art NYC, Sept 14, 2025 to Feb 1, 2026) is an exhibition that speaks volume on the multi-faceted talents of the artist, who is better known as a photographer.  The curated works comprised a revelatory display of Dada, Surrealism, photographic experimentations or light installations.   The exhibition design exploited in full on concepts of light and shadow, aperture openings and vintage points for settings.  It was a wonderful occasion to revisit and cast new lights on the artist’s achievements.

 

Footprints | 51°30’28”N, 0°7’40”W

 

Footprints | 51°30’28”N, 0°7’40”W

2021-25

Pigmented cement, copper flakes

32x32x3cm, 12.5”x12.5”x1.2” (LxWxD)

 

Through memories of central London, England - its buildings, monuments and streetscapes, the artist is reconstructing them on a prescribed horizon.  By showing these architectonic elements in three dimensionality whilst suppressing others, this work is the artist’s personal interpretation of the city.

 

Between space and time, it might help generate narratives that resonate with audiences.  However, there are negations within familiarity on this work.  The cityscape is only partially presented.   By exploring on the artwork, viewers may form connections with their experiences in the city, or indeed their own environs.

 

Since completion in 2021, this artwork has continued to instill thoughts for the artist.  The opportune calling of an archaeological layer is there to fill in on the time-honored mosaic of the city.  Through the act of chipping away cement from the cast and reinstating the 18^th century building footprints-in-parts, the artist is mentally traversing different time zones that fire the imagination.

Archaeological 'Discovery'

 

An archaeological 'work' is underway on 

Footprints | 51°30’28”N, 0°7’40”W. 

Revisit this site for progress and completion.