has been for sale for some time, as you have seen. The maintenance and ongoing development to keep our non-profit and idealistic platform for contemporary art running and safe from hackers etc. costs money that is no longer there. Because of small investments that are necessary now and the running costs, we will have to shut down with a heavy heart at the beginning of summer on June 21.
ANGELS & MERMAIDS
diptych 2016
210 (w) x 120 (h) x 4 cm
acrylic and oil on canvas
Angel in ghostland
With the face of a saint
The walk of a queen
Make me believe
You turn water into wine
Angel in ghostland
Why did you leave heaven?
Mermaid in dry land
With the look of a muse
The touch of a nurse
Let me believe
You will walk on water
Mermaid in dry land
Did you leave heaven for love?
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"When we love, we always strive to become better than we are. When we strive to become better than we are, everything around us becomes better too."
Paulo Coelho (ex: The Alchemist)
SCYLLA AND CHARYBDIS
Diptych 2016
260 (w) x 150 (h) x 2 cm
acrylic and oil on canvas
Charybdis was the daughter of Poseidon and Gaia and lived as a loyal servant to Poseidon. She aided him in his feud with Zeus, and as such, helped him engulf lands and islands in water. Zeus, angry for the land she stole from him, cursed her into sea monster. Charybdis was believed to live under a small rock on one side of a narrow channel. Opposite her was Scylla, another sea monster that lived inside a much larger rock. The sides of the strait were within an arrow-shot of each other, and sailors attempting to avoid one of them would come in reach of the other (Homer, Odyssey Book XII). The myth is still alive. To be "between Scylla and Charybdis" therefore means to be presented with two opposite dangers, the task being to find a route that avoids both.
The LARGE-SIZED DIPTYCH contains two paintings and should “read” from left to right:
“SCYLLA”
2016, 150 (h) x 120 (w) x 2 cm
acrylic and oil on canvas
“CHARYBDIS”
2016, 150 (h) x 120 (w) x 2 cm
acrylic and oil on canvas
