Thursday, February 11, 2010

Rest in Peace.


lee mcqueen...alexander mcqueen.

Monday, February 8, 2010

DaDAdada.



Bardot, Tzara.

Art has not the celestial & universal value that people like to attribute to it. Life is far more interesting- Tristan Tzara
"Lecture on Dada" 1924- in "Theories of Modern Art" by Chipp.

L'AMOUREUSE.

Lee Miller's 1937 picture of their picnic in Cannes, France. Nusch and Paul Eluard, Roland Penrose, Man Ray, Ady Fidelin.

Paul Eluard's Poem:

L'Amoureuse

Elle est debout sur mes paupieres
Et ses cheveux sont dans les miens,
Elle a la forme de mes mains,
Elle a la couleur de mes yeux,
Elle s'engloutit dans mon ombre
Comme une pierre sur le ciel.

Elle a toujours les yeux ouverts
Et ne me laisse pas dormir.
Ses reves en pleine lumiere
Font s'evaporer le soleils,
Me font rire, pleurer et rire,
Parlar sans avoir rien a dire.


WOMAN IN LOVE

She is standing on my eyelids
And her hair is in mine,
She has the shape of my hands,
She has the color of my eyes,
She is engulfed in my shadow
Like a stone against the sky.

Her eyes are always open
She does not let me sleep.
Her dreams in broad daylight
Make suns evaporate,
Make me laugh, weep and laugh,
And speak without anything to say.

Pugh.

Velvet.