Silent testament
Order and division
Shoe shine station
The reflective surface introduces an element of the ephemeral, a shimmering layer that both mirrors and refracts the solid world, reminding us of the ever-shifting nature of perception.
“The journey of discovery is not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” – Edith Stein
Contained possibility
Inherent directedness
Realm of values
The silent sermon of the hoop is a reminder that even in stillness, the potential for value resonates, waiting for the moment of its realization.
“All feeling is feeling something, all willing is willing something, all striving is striving for something, all loving is loving something, all hating is hating something, all believing is believing something, all hoping is hoping something, all fearing is fearing something, all commanding is commanding something, all obeying is obeying something, all thinking is thinking something, all representing is representing something.” – Max Scheler
Palimpsest of experience
Apparent simplicity
Profound mystery
Here the photograph is used as a paradigm to reflect something from within.
“When the presentation is such that the viewer does not know what he is looking at, he will look at what he is thinking about.” – Minor White
Sensation locus
Idea manifestation
Material form
This wooden figure incarnates the archetype of the ranger, the guardian of nature, through the simplified, almost primitive form of the doll.
“The work of art is a world, but a world in which mystery is not abolished.” – Mikel Dufrenne
Solar system
Cosmic levitation
Incongruity
A semiotic artifact invites us to engage in a process of interpretation.
“I’m not disillusioned. I’m just not illusioned, either.” – Bob Dylan
Indeterminate space
Sense of liminality
State of flux
The hangers are not fixed entities, but rather manifestations of an underlying spiritual activity, a ceaseless process of creation and dissolution.
“Art is expression of impressions, not expression of expressions.” – Benedetto Crocea
Gilded sphere
Vessel for light
Suspended in space
The power of art transcends language and interpretation, to speak directly to our senses and our souls.
“Art is not illustration; nor is it proof. Instead, art is an invitation to experience.” – Susan Sontag
Ordinariness
Beyond the superficial
Imagination catalyst
The objects that surround us, however mundane, become extensions of our being, shaping our perceptions and experiences.
“I am myself and my circumstance.” – José Ortega y Gasset
Source of meaning
Value in itself
Attending to the immediate
The chandelier, as a cultural artifact, is not just an individual object but also a shared symbol.
“The essence of an object is grasped in intuition.” – Edmund Husserl
Chromatic symphony
Hotel vestibule fragment
Luggage rack
The interplay of light and shadow, the cool, metallic sheen, creates a symphony of visual sensations that stir the soul.
“The artist must train himself to be a seer.” – Wassily Kandinsky