Sunday, November 23, 2008

The Sad Aristocracy Of Mild-Mannered Ascetics




Fig. 1. Monsieur Hulot (Jacques Tati) - Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot, 1953


'Real misanthropes are not found in solitude, but in the world; since it is experience of life, and not philosophy, which produces real hatred of mankind.'

Giacomo Leopardi


Addendum: The Sunday Six: Part One (Relatively Recent)



Fig. 2. Eduardo Costa - Lygia Sleeping and Dreaming (Portrait of Lygia Pape), 1997-8



Fig. 3. Erwin Redl - Matrix II, 2000-3



Fig. 4. Philippe Parreno - The Writer, 2007



Fig. 5. Tadashi Kawamata - Catedral de Cadeiras, Ville de Reims, 2007



Fig. 6. Lottie Davies - Quints, 2008



Fig. 7. Marco Perego - The Only Good Rock Star Is A Dead Rock Star, 2008