In Memoriam Richard Hamilton

Just what is it that makes today´s homes so different, so appealing?

In commemoration Raimund has cited a sentence by Richard Hamilton : "You know, painting has the biggest history, painting has the biggest future." What a marvellous thing to say and a hope I genuinely share, for I might add, something that I've said in the 1990s: If we cannot execute paintings anymore, we will no longer be able to perceive/ understand them. Here Peter Greenaway does have a point about us being visualy illiterate, yet I believe if stimulated most people are capable of employing a little bit more perception when looking at something. It really isn't so hard, just do not take everything for granted.

And oddly it coincides with a virtual discussion about photography being art I joined only yesterday, here is my reply: About photography being art. Yes, of course photography can be art or artificial and it would be better for most of us if we were to consider the latter, ie its implemented artificiality, a little bit thoroughly when looking at photos. Most people take photography to be a direct image (I like the German Abbildung here very much) of reality and are not aware of the fact that they might be manipulated, some with great sophistication and others you can tell, but as the means are getting more sophisticated I guess the product does as well.

BTW: Pop Art is American and Punk British, right?! ;D

Chekhov and Great Britain

Why is it that the two British actors I admire the most do refer to Chekhov? One of them even dresses up as Chekhov regularly to be him for approx two hours in a really fantastic one man play. Why does Chekhov so prominently figure in  British performing art or is this just a coincidence? ;D

Similarities

For a while now I have been pondering about Joos van Cleve and Tom Barman, since when I first saw the van Cleve's self-portrait it reminded me so much of Tom Barman, ;D! Comparing pictures of both they could be the same person.

On The Train From Münster to Düsseldorf

I remember talking to somebody about the tragic in abstract monochrome painting - maybe because I wanted to do a doctorate on it - and he advised me to have a look at the Rothko chapelle, that was in the late 90s ;)!

Tim and Neil Finn

Okay my favourite by Crowded House

Queen Mab - This Will All Make Sense In Good Time

Today unexpectedly my dream came true, as I was holding my robin in my hands. Obviously it had hit a nearby window as it was sitting rather dizzy on the ground. I fetched it up to put it somewhere more save (from cats etc) and it wasn't afraid. Just so tiny, even in my hands, whom most people would rather take for a child's because of their size ;D, yet its claws were very steady and held onto my hands until I had placed it in a hedge.

Without Actual Comment

Possibly the best song ever to come from New Zealand, I even admit owning a record by Tim Finn, I bought back in the late 80s! (Alright his brother Neil and Crowded House was also great)