[rawberry-jam]

[yan-wo]

The Conference of the Birds, Persian Manuscript, circa 1600; Safavid Iran (Isfahan)

[autoneurotic]

Light I-X

[1i1ium-cand1dum]

Spring (1904) - Maximilian Lenz

[evokesart]

Wassily Kandinsky - Dance Curves - On the Dances of Palucca, 1926 

[thunderstruck9]

Shannon Cartier Lucy (American, b. 1977), Day at the library, 2018. Oil on canvas, 23 x 17 in.

[talesfromthecrypts]

MAD GOD (2021) dir. Phil Tippett

[davidlynch]

Solaris / Солярис (1972) dir. Andrei Tarkovsky

It may seem that the nature scenes that introduce the film are too lengthy, but the layering of these scenes, which depict a certain farewell to nature on Earth, creates the emotional basis of the story after the main character is sent up to the space station, and tortures the viewer with an incredible nostalgia for Earth’s nature, a feeling akin to being homesick. Without this long introduction, you cannot make the audience experience the actual desperation felt by the people trapped on the Solaris station. 

I saw this film late one night at a screening room in Moscow, but while I was watching it, my heart was aching from an incredible longing to return to Earth. Just where is scientific progress leading mankind? This film manages to capture perfectly the sheer fearfulness. Without it, science fiction becomes mere fancy.

These thoughts were racing through my mind while I was a captive of the screen.

Tarkovsky was sitting in the corner of the screening room watching the film with me, but he got up as soon as the film was over, and looked at me with a shy smile. I said to him, “It’s very good. It’s a frightening movie.” He seemed embarrassed, but smiled happily. Then the two of us went to a film union restaurant and toasted with vodka.

Tarkovsky, who does not usually drink, got completely drunk and cut off the speakers at the restaurant, then began singing the theme of Seven Samurai at the top of his lungs. I joined in, eager to keep up.

At that moment, I was very happy to be on Earth. — Akira Kurosawa 

[supersonicart]

Lily Seika Jones's "Tails."

On view beginning Saturday, March 19th, 2022 at Nucleus Portland in Portland, Oregon is artist Lily Seika Jones's solo exhibition, "Tails."

Jones, based in Vancouver, spends the majority of her time drinking tea indoors while creating highly detailed, whimsical watercolor and ink paintings, taking inspiration from her favorite childhood stories and mid-century illustrators, as well as the natural world of the Pacific Northwest. Lily is interested in how myths and fairytales shape our childhood and the world around us, and sees her art-making as an exploration of the significance of these stories as we grow up.

"Even though this series is laid out like an art exhibit," Jones explains, "I like to think of each of these works as the page of a book, beckoning you to lean in, take a sip of tea, and let your imagination wander."

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[geritsel]

Valerius de Saedeleer - Atmospheric snowscapes

[agostinoarrivabene]

the descent. 2011 oil on board cm 42 x 34

[jareckiworld]

Ivan Generalić (1914-1992) — The Decease of Mirko Virius   (oil on glass, 1959)

[changan-moon]

方向 Fang Xiang

[ymutate]

Portrait of Wife with Cat, 1912 - Konrad Krzyzanowski

[i-love-art]

AKIHIRO HIGUCHI 樋口　明宏

[supersonicart]

Eric Merrell, Paintings.

Astonishing paintings of the American West by California artist Eric Merrell.  

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[redlipstickresurrected]

Monty Kaplan aka Javier Kaplan aka Javier Federico Kaplan (Argentinian, b. 1986, Buenos Aires, Argentina, based Miami, FL, USA, and NY, USA), Photography