Jean-Luc Nancy on the risk and value of love
Love opens onto a very great risk, but this risk is the measure of the incredible value we place on another person. We make him or her this valuable because we need to do so, because we receive something in return. Love tells us that things are never quite right with us when we’re alone. […]
Pieces of discarded painting(s) by Francis Bacon, c. 1953-54
☛ Ewbank’s: Sale MAR13A Lot 1194, discarded part of painting by Francis Bacon c. 1953/4, oil on canvas, 36″ x 24″. Estimate £ 25,000-35,000. Image and description © Ewbank’s. It appears Francis Bacon once discarded one or multiple paintings which were not destroyed but rather recycled. They were cut into smaller pieces so other artists […]
“A Terribly Hard Fall” (‘The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser’ by Werner Herzog, 1974)
☛ The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser (Jeder für sich und Gott gegen alle) by Werner Herzog, 1974. Official website, IMDb, Wikipedia. This line is apparently authentical –i.e. was told by the real Kaspar Hauser– if we are to believe a comment made by Werner Herzog in the book Herzog on Herzog: Are any of the […]
“The Shadow” by Brigitte Zieger, 2010
☛ Brigitte Zieger: “The Shadow”, painting on grass, 49 x 56 meters, shape of a B 52, 2010, Biennale Les Environnementales, Jouy-en-Josas. Brigitte Zieger was born in Germany in 1949. She currently lives and works in Paris, France. Excerpt from a comment about this work of art written by Gilles A. Tiberghien and published in […]
