Schreier - Christo - Champaigne - Morandi

Michael Schreier
29-09-07, 10-43-43
2007
inkjet print
Ottawa Art Gallery, Ontario

Michael Schreier
14-09-07, 15-02-53
2007
inkjet print
Ottawa Art Gallery, Ontario

Michael Schreier
Elevator
2007
inkjet print
Ottawa Art Gallery, Ontario

Michael Schreier
08-09-07, 11-24-28
2007
inkjet print
Ottawa Art Gallery, Ontario

Christo (Christo Javacheff)
Wrapped Monument to Vittore Emanuele
for Piazza del Duomo, Milan
ca. 1970
mixed media on paper
Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunswick

Christo (Christo Javacheff)
Wrapped Coast, Sydney, Australia
1969
gelatin silver print
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Christo (Christo Javacheff)
Wrapped Coast, Sydney, Australia
1969
gelatin silver print
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Christo (Christo Javacheff)
Wrapped Coast, Sydney, Australia
1969
photo-mural
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Philippe de Champaigne
Self Portrait
ca. 1650
oil on canvas
Harvard Art Museums

Philippe de Champaigne
St John the Baptist
ca. 1656
oil on canvas
Musée de Grenoble

Philippe de Champaigne
Portrait of Vincent Voiture as St Louis
ca. 1640-45
oil on canvas
(gift for the sitter's daughter, entering a convent)
Saint Louis Art Museum

Philippe de Champaigne
Head of a Youth
before 1674
drawing
Städel Museum, Frankfurt

Giorgio Morandi
Il Poggio al Mattino
1928
etching
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Giorgio Morandi
Paesaggio di Grizzana
1932
etching
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Giorgio Morandi
Still Life with Five Objects
1956
etching
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

Giorgio Morandi
Still Life
1957
oil on canvas
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney

from The Sea and the Mirror

Alonso:

So, if you prosper, suspect those bright
Mornings when you whistle with a light
Heart. You are loved; you have never seen
The harbour so still, the park so green,
So many well-fed pigeons upon
Cupolas and triumphal arches,
So many stags and slender ladies
Beside the canals. Remember when
Your climate seems a permanent home
For marvellous creatures and great men,
What griefs and convulsions startled Rome,
Ecbatana, Babylon.

How narrow the space, how slight the chance
For civil pattern and importance
Between the watery vagueness and
The triviality of the sand,
How soon the lively trip is over
From loose craving to sharp aversion,
Aimless jelly to paralysed bone:
At the end of each successful day
Remember that the fire and the ice
Are never more than one step away
From the temperate city; it is
But a moment to either.

– W.H. Auden (1942-44)