Sunday, June 22, 2008

My favourite artist

“Why do we create?

Michaux said: ‘To get out of the chaos’

Genet said: ‘To be loved’

Nabakov said: ‘To drive back the beast’ “



I was thinking about Giacometti tonight, who is my favourite artist. I thought I'd share with you some of his sculptures, and perhaps you will love him, too.

"In Giacometti’s opinion no one had succeeded in representing a valid human appearance, the whole thing had to be started again from scratch." --Sartre



"The sense of depth begets silence, drowns objects in silence."

--Giacometti.


Man Striding





Woman With the Cut Throat





The Chariot

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