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vjeranski

Nedko Solakov

source

artsyloch

Gerhard Richter | Fuji

oil on aluminium (Alucobond Plate) 37.4 x 29.2cm. (14 5/8 x 11 3/8in.) painted in 1996

moonsongpink

“Ah, here you bloom”

monotype, drypoint, collage

©️Cara Gonier 2019

iamjapanese

Auguste Racinet（French, 1825-1893）

1875 Chromolithographs with Design Motifs from Historical Era’s & Cultures — Museum Grade via

beardbriarandrose

William Morris, Peacock and Dragon textile, modern color-way

shrbrrpxr

Cindy Rehm

contemporary-art-blog

Maria Lassnig, Spell, 2006

denisforkas

Dream of the Monkey Lathe, 2017-18

Acrylics on prepared paper mounted on cardboard, 15 x 28 cm

As it often happens the scene is part of a larger dream narrative but I failed to capture the rest of it. I remember watching a demiurge turner work at an archaic-looking lathe. Gargantuan hands fit a stiff human figure between the pins and start the machine. The figure comes to life under the tools yet there’s not blood. This strange magic lantern fascinates me; the living spindle melts, breaks into patterns seemingly independent of demiuge’s manipulations. Before long the grotesque object between the pins takes on a new shape. It appears to be a child and I move in to get a closer look. With a great shock I discover that the figure is, in fact, that of a monkey locked in a hideous waltz of anger. My meditation is soon interrupted by a sudden change: the monkey’s head stops like a flip book animation that reached its last page while the rest of the body keeps on spinning and transforming under the turner’s command. The last thing I can recall is the beast’s grinning face, its oily eyes piercing me with hatred.