Survival of the Illest

18, Bulgaria. Art, Architecture, Cars, Basketball and Hip-hop

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Björn in a Ferrari.

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The Unattractiveness of Vanity

Martial, Epigrams 1.64 You’re beautiful – yes, we all know it - And in the prime of youth – that much is true - And you’re certainly rich – who could deny it? But Fabulla, when you overpraise yourself, You’re not rich, or beautiful, or young any longer. Bella es, nouimus, et puella, uerum est,  et diues, quis enim potest negare? Sed cum te nimium, Fabulla, laudas, nec diues neque bella nec puella es.

Portrait of a Young Girl, Raphael (1483-1520)

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Zima: The Powerful Beauty of Russian Winter

In the words of the artist Elena Chernyshova:

There is no aesthetic like the Russian winter. Yes, it can be grey and dull at times, but at its height, it completely reconfigures the environment. The universal white cover fills the land with a pure, magical beauty, full of dignity and mystery. According to an old saying, truth, in reality, is white, sparkling, frosty cold, silent and endless: something like the boundless Siberian tundra landscape.

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Elise Konstantin-Hansen (Danish, 1858-1946), Grib [Vulture], 1893. Watercolour and pencil on paper, 118.5 x 131.5 cm.

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Ceri Richards (British, 1903-1971), Blue Interior with Dice, 1950. Oil on canvas, 89,5 x 110,6 cm

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Axel Törneman (Swedish, 1880-1925), Dåren [The Fool], 1907. Oil on canvas, 197.5 x 180 cm.

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Lisa Oppenheim (American, b. 1975), Fish Scale, Véritable (Version 4), 2012. Photogram, 106 x 86.5 cm.

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Olle Hjortzberg (Swedish, 1872-1959), Stilleben med ranunklar och orientalisk keramik [Still life with ranunculus and oriental ceramics], 1950. Oil on panel, 65.5 x 54 cm.

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House Perdrizet (1955-57) in Champigny-sur-Marne, France, by Claude Parent

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John Bratby (British, 1928-1992), Small house by a railway line, Kings Langley. Oil on board, 91 x 122 cm.

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Stanislav Yulianovich Zhukovsky (1875-1944)

The first harbingers of spring

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A Future City From The Past by Clemens Gritl

The series, “A Future City From The Past” is based on this mystifying vision of a radically aggressive urban dystopia — an uncompromising design in the brutalist dogma. All buildings and structures are homogenic. The differentiations of architectural styles and eras are eliminated and replaced by geometric structures, repetition and absolute materiality. Gigantic “Wohnmaschinen” encompassed by endless motorway networks, making way for the “Super-Brutalist” megacity.

The thrill of this project lies in exploring the aftermath. It is fascinating to imagine how a prefabricated, futuristic metropolis would age, and what atmosphere an endless manmade landscape, constructed of only concrete and asphalt, would generate. What impact would such a massive concentration of sculptural architecture have on mankind? Could such a city succeed in producing a functional society, or would it automatically plunge into menacing social dysfunction?

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