art is to console those who are broken by life

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Louise Bourgeois, What is the Shape of This Problem?, 1999, lithography and letter press, series of 9 (x)

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Linda Montano and Tehching Hsieh, Art/Life: One Year Performance 1983-1984 (Rope Piece). For one year, the two artists remain tied together at the waist by an eight foot rope. They are not allowed to touch one another.

From a 1984 interview with Alex and Allyson Grey:

A&AG: Now that you’ve been tied together for almost a year, how do you feel about each other?

TH: I think Linda is the most honest person I’ve known in my life and I feel very comfortable to talk—to share my personality with her. That’s enough. I feel that’s pretty good. We had a lot of fights and I don’t feel that is negative. Anybody who was tied this way, even if they were a nice couple, I’m sure they would fight, too. This piece is about being like an animal, naked. We cannot hide our negative sides. We cannot be shy. It’s more than just honesty—we show our weakness.

LM: Tehching is my friend, confidant, lover, son, opponent, husband, brother, playmate, sparring partner, mother, father, etc. The list goes on and on. There isn’t one word or one archetype that fits. I feel very deeply for him. 

[nobrashfestivity]

Edward Hopper    Loneliness

New York Office, 1962

Eleven A.M., 1926

Automat, 1927

Summertime Interior, 1909

Compartment C, Car 193, 1938

Lady Reading Book Hotel Room, 1931

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August by Mary Oliver / Sorrowing Old Man (At Eternity's Gate) by Vincent van Gogh, 1890

[diagst]

Hilma af Klint, The Swan (1915)

[antronaut]

Louise Bourgeois - Weaving (2001)

[pintoras]

Berthe Morisot (French, 1841 - 1895): Jeune fille cueillant des fleurs (1890s) (via Sotheby’s)

[marypickfords]

Ana Mendieta: Fuego de Tierra (Kate Horsfield; Nereyda Garcia-Ferraz; Branda Miller, 1987)

[die-rosastrasse]

Spring, doves & flowers 🌼🕊️

Art by Eugéne Bidau (French, 1839-1899)

[garadinervi]

Tejida abstracción. Teresa Lanceta, Texts by Antoní Marí, Eduardo Scala, Marta González, and Teresa Lanceta, Museu Tèxtil, Terrassa/Museo de Teruel/Museo de Arte Moderno, Ibiza, 2000

[pintoras]

Kusama: Infinity (Heather Lenz, 2018)

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Art by Gustave Doré.

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Kaye Donachie

[mementomoriiv]

Nelly Agassi - Palace of Tears, 2002

[furys]

HOW COME ONLY THE UNBORN HAVE THE RIGHT TO LIFE? Barbara Kruger 1992

[diagst]

Hilma af Klint, The Swan (1915)

[relaxmammal]

the final four rooms of my series!  figured i might as well post ‘em as a set since they all got done around the same time