For those who do not make it to new orleans until the end of January 2015, here the special exhibition from the ogden museum about jean-michel basquiat. (that’s service, right?). Basquiat´s parents came from haiti and shortly before his untimely death in 1988 he was here in new orleans and had probably a special relationship to the south of the United States. © n.g.
We met John in Apalachicola. With his 50 year old “Beluga” he ancored at the quay of the small town and we had chosen the harbor as a good place to stay as well. John invited us spontaneously to come on board and on this evening he told us many things about his life. He lives on his boat since 31 years and is travelling in southern america and in the bahamas.
The next morning we invited him for breakfast and he returned the favor and sharpened our kitchen knives – a business he had learned from his father. It was an interesting encounter, one of those which makes our travel special …….. © ng
On many beaches i had noticed them but here on coquina beach there were quiet some: Treasure hunters. With professional metal decectors they comb the beaches for lost treasures. I asked one of them if he had already found something today: „A penny!” I asked another woman if she already had found something today and she answered “nothing yet”. I told her about the penny which was found by her competitor and she promptly replied “Oh, so he’s ahead of me”. © n.g. © n.g.
The work of Salvatore Dali consists not only of the melting clocks, this you can find out in the excellent Dali Museum in St. Petersburg. And also that this eccentric man had not a straightforwardly childhood: his older brother Salvatore No.1 died before completing his second year and nine months before Dali’s birth. So he became a kind of representative for his identically named brother in the family history. At the age of 17, he also lost his mother
He was very fond of her and she had tryied to balancing the severity of his father.
After Dali controlled the the old masters painting style, he allowed himself new ways of painting, which made him finally become the leading representative of surrealism. A lack of self-consciousness has not bothered him: at age of 22 he had to leave the Academia San Fernando in Madrid. Dali had refused to participate in the exam because he was convinced that his teachers were unable to judge him. © B.G.
I discovered emilio´s art, like those of the most other artists here in america, on his facebook site. When we were about to reach miami and i announced our coming and he invited us spontaneously to celebrate thanksgiving with his family. look here
Emilio was born in honduras. many years ago, when the living conditions were too insecure, his mother came with her six children to miami. Since his early childhood emilio draws with paints and is the only one in the family with that “passion” for art. Emilio introduced us to a number of his artfriends in miami, absolutely gorgeous. Dear emilio, thanks for your friendship. © n.g.
