[Leica] Nathan's PAD 7/11/2014: art!
Jayanand Govindaraj
jayanand at gmail.com
Sat Nov 8 19:36:27 PST 2014
LOL!
Cheers
Jayanand
On Sat, Nov 8, 2014 at 7:49 PM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
> Yesterday I was in Aarhus, visiting my friend Lars. We had a very nice,
> intense day. First, a 105 km bike ride in nice, dry but also windy and cold
> weather—bracing! Then home, shower and then on to the AROS Museum of Modern
> Art (http://en.aros.dk) to see a magnificent exhibition of 200 paintings
> by Danish artist Michael Kvium. The series is called Fools and depicts
> various surrealistic, sometimes deformed, always somewhat grotesque faces.
> It is hard to describe but quite amazing: Here is an example, which looks a
> bit like the Queen of Denmark:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3678601470&k=XwbfQG5&lb=1&s=O
>
> All the paintings in the series are small, 30x30 cm.
>
> At the end of the exhibit there are tables with props, and the visitor is
> invited to recreate one of the paintings, or just create on, using those
> props. So Lars and I had a go at choosing what the other should wear. This
> is my take on him (his take on me is x-rated and not publishable according
> to my wife):
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3678601935&k=xGCqbrt&lb=1&s=O
>
> Then we went back to Lars’s apartment, where we celebrated our birthdays
> (Nov. 1 and 4, respectively) with a dinner for 10 people, including Lars’s
> 16-month old grandson Lauge. Lars is enjoying his role as grandfather very
> much, and here he is with Lauge, looking at a painting:
>
> http://www.greatpix.eu/All/Picture-A-Day/4253606_kdsZ6C#!i=3678602472&k=nfJfDzF&lb=1&s=O
>
> Afterwards, we ate and drank and enjoyed good conversation with Lars’s
> sister, brother, his two daughters and their respective partners for many
> hours. It was a great day.
>
> Cheers,
> Nathan
>
> Nathan Wajsman
> Alicante, Spain
> http://www.frozenlight.eu
> http://www.greatpix.eu
>
> Books: http://www.blurb.com/bookstore/search?search=wajsman&x=0&y=0
> PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws
> Image licensing: http://www.alamy.com/search-results.asp?qt=wajsman
> Blog: http://www.nathansmusings.eu/
>
>
>
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