Who is afraid of Red, Yellow and Black
I saw this stunning composition in an unexpected place, right in the heart of Amsterdam. I was visiting a friend, an artist who was temporarily living in a canal house through a special city program. The composition is wild, like raging flames that seem to use the posters beneath it as fuel. The lady in […]
Secretly danced
I found her at the NDSM site in Amsterdam, almost hidden, on a block of concrete. It looks as if she’s dancing while taming a rebellious lock of hair. Sometimes you catch that fleeting moment, when you see someone attractive making a graceful move. You’d want to dance with her, but the moment is already […]
Punk
She glances over her shoulder, in a pose made famous by Johannes Vermeer in his painting Girl with a Pearl Earring. But she’s of a different caliber. Her hair is red, she’s wearing a black leather jacket with a raven on it, and she looks a bit disdainful. It reminds me of Punk, a youth […]
Odin
The woman in the lower left fascinates me the most. Maybe it’s because I have a connection with the mythology of the ancient Vikings. To me, she represents Odin. Odin sacrificed one of his eyes to the giant Mimir in exchange for a drink from his magical well, granting him infinite wisdom. Odin also has […]
Cobain
Kurt Cobain, a sensation in the ’90s, was the lead singer of the band Nirvana. In 1994, he tragically took his own life. However, there are alternative theories, and Courtney Love, his then-partner, sometimes surfaces in them. Was it murder? This image can no longer tell us. The boy, holding a radio, may be trying […]
Baroque
The street is wild, untamed, and sometimes dangerous. Luckily, this little girl is protected by a sturdy baroque frame that not only surrounds her but shields her as well. She can peacefully drift away with her eyes closed, lost in her own pink cloud. “All that is valuable is defenseless,” wrote Lucebert. I understand what […]
Sartre
Sometimes it’s refreshing. To not be polite, not be correct, not conform. FUCK YOU ALL! But it’s not just the words that matter; it’s how you say them—angry, sad, hurt, cynical… It can be anything, but the tone gives the words a completely different meaning. It’s healthy to sometimes let go of the opinions and […]
Help me?!
A beautiful abstract composition, worn down, with primary colors. The composition as a whole feels unintentional—everyone just sprayed something here and there. And yet, it became something beautiful. I love that, when unconscious collective effort leads to something, and wind and rain do the rest. However, there is one part that immediately draws your attention: […]
Roy
When we think of Pop Art, we think of Andy Warhol. But such an influential movement naturally had more iconic figures. Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) created artworks that resembled comic book images, often using the primary colors red, yellow, and blue. This woman could have stepped straight out of one of Lichtenstein’s works. I found her […]