Tag Archives: exhibition

Moon Art

Posted on June 21, 2019 by Symbol Reader

I saw an exhibition today devoted to the history of artists’ engagement with the Moon, from the Romantic era to the post-war period. My attention was captured by numerous works of art – some of them very atmospheric, as is … Continue reading →

Posted in Painting | Tagged archetypes, art, exhibition, Kunsthaus Zurich, Marianne von Werefkin, painting, symbolism, symbols, the moon | 7 Comments

Moments experienced intensely: photography of Sebastião Salgado

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Symbol Reader

“All my photos correspond to moments that I have experienced intensely.” Sebastião Salgado, “From my Land to the Planet,” Kindle edition The movie Salt of the Earth (2015) directed by Wim Wenders and dedicated to the life and work of … Continue reading →

Posted in Photography, Sebastião Salgado | Tagged archetypes, art, black and white, deforestation, depth psychology, documentary, earth, exhibition, From my Land to the Planet, Genesis, Instituto Terra, movie, photography, planet, Salt of the Earth, Sebastião Salgado, symbolism, symbols, te environment, the Nenets, Wim Wenders | 13 Comments

Dancing Dragons and Horses Soaring into the Air: 3000 Years of Chinese Calligraphy

Posted on December 20, 2015 by Symbol Reader

I had an enormous fortune today to see an exhibition dedicated to 3000 years of Chinese calligraphy. I found it very illuminating how the organizers juxtaposed traditional and contemporary art, creating a very compelling dialogue between them. In the 11th … Continue reading →

Posted in Chinese Calligraphy, Language, Uncategorized | Tagged archetypes, Buddhism, China, Chinese calligraphy, Chinese characters, Cui Fei, exhibition, Fung Ming Chip, heart sutra, landscript, language, Qiu Zhijie, Song Dong, Wang Guxiang, Wang Xizhi, Xu Bing, Zhu Yunming | 12 Comments

The Fateful Shipwreck of Antikythera

Posted on October 25, 2015 by Symbol Reader

“All streams flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full. To the place the streams come from, there they return again.” Ecclesiastes 1:7 I have had the opportunity recently to see a splendid exhibition that arrived in Basel, … Continue reading →

Posted in The Antikythera | Tagged Ancient Greece, Antikythera, archetypes, art, astrology, Basel, Bronze, collective unconscious, exhibition, fate, marble, mechanism, sculpture, ship, ship symbolism, shipwreck, symbols | 17 Comments

The Power of Animals

Posted on March 17, 2013 by Symbol Reader

I am not particularly fond of classifications. Most classifications are dry, arbitrary and based purely on conjecture. I always laugh when I see a fictitious, spoof classification of animals, proposed by Jorge Luis Borges, one of the most brilliant and … Continue reading →