Celebrating a promising event in my life by posting still another painting of South Manitou, freshly retouched. Same format as before.
Posts by Birgit Zipser
De Chirico’s joke on fascism?
Gladiators at rest (gladiators au repos) 1928-29, oil on canvas, 157 x 198 cm.
In the late 1920th, Giorgio de Chirico was commissioned to create a series of gladiator paintings for Léonce Rosenberg, an art dealer. One of these pieces ‘gladiators au repos’, designed for Rosenberg’s apartment in Paris, is the last but not least piece of the Guggenheim exhibition ”Chaos and Classicism”. Hang next to a grim painting depicting a military figure on horse, de Chirico’s gladiators at first glance give the impression of pseudo-classical Fascist art. more… »
misty seascape
The only reality portrayed here is the shape of South Manitou island.
mist rolling in
Seeing the mist rolling in from the lake over the big dune,
coming closer, enveloping,
until finally, only feeling surrounded by grey.
Listening II
oil on board, 12 x 12 inches
Here is the companion to Listening I.
Two kinds of meditation – whirling and quiet. more… »
