“Every thing has an instant in which it is. I want to grab hold of the is of the thing. These instants passing through the air I breathe: in fireworks they explode silently in space. I want to possess the atoms of time.”
— Clarice Lispector, Água Viva
"Cynthia" was a mannequin created in 1932 by Lester Gaba. She became famous and well-liked to society; she received numerous invitations and a large amount of fan mail. When she fell from a chair and shattered, her death was reported by the press as if she were a real person.
Iroquoian (Cherokee) Booger Mask, which portray and mock bad-mannered people. This early example was carved from eastern cedar (juniper) in the 18th Century. It was abandoned in Tennessee by its Cherokee owners on the Trail of Tears.
Pier Paolo Pasolini interviewed by Louis Valentin (1970)
Bathing in Moonlight - Andy Lovell
British, b. 1964 -
Silkscreen , 42 x 60 cm . 17 x 24 in. E d. 14
Mekheski - Moon People, 1915
Pierre Boucher • Untitled, 1933
Consiglio alla Vendetta (1851, detail) by Francesco Paolo Hayez
Anna May Wong as Princess Ling Moy in publicity portraits by Otto Dyar for the Paramount Pictures/Lloyd Corrigan pre-code mystery drama Daughter of the Dragon, 1931. Miss Wong's glamorous bejeweled costumes in the film were designed by Travis Banton.
Mermaid
RockyMeng-JUMOStudio
Ralph Fleck (German, 1951), Stapel 27/VII [Stack 27/VII], 2013. Oil on canvas, 120 x 100 cm.