Sky-gazing On Halloween.

First and last images in this group* — « Líber », Coderch & Malavia, 74 cm., 2020.

Some notes on this piece (because it intrigued me):

Joan Coderch (1959- ) and Javier Malavia (1970- ) are Valencia-based sculptors who have been working together in a collaborative partnership known as Coderch & Malavia since 2015 (1, 2). Their Instagram account identifies this sculpture as a 2020 work in white and brown patinated bronze called « Líber » (3), probably signifying “free” in Valencian Catalan. The sculpture stands 78 centimeters (30.75 inches) tall and was produced as “Li[í?]ber (White)” in an edition of eight (4). In addition to the 8-piece edition in white and brown patina, the sculptors also apparently produced an edition of eight, “Li[í?]ber (Black),” in bronze with black patina (5, 6).

* When I first encountered this reblogged post, only the very first image showed. The other sculptures are (from top to bottom): « El tejido del tiempo (Tissue of Time) », “Clio’s Dream,” “The Flight of the Swan,” “Haiku,” and “Moonlight Shadow.”

1. https://www.coderchmalavia.com/en/about-us/

2. https://mymodernmet.com/coderch-malavia-figurative-sculptures/

3. https://www.instagram.com/p/CDLj52Jnm27/?igshid=fsbjzoc42ean

4. https://www.galeriemokum.com/artists/31-coderch-%26-malavia/works/1111-coderch-malavia-liber-white-2020/

5. https://test.artcld.com/art/liber-black-patina-by-coderch-malavia

6. https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/interiors/art/_liber-4f8b

Frozen in Time.Spanish Sculptors, Coderch & Malavia.

Ma confiance dans la poésie est sans limite. Elle est seule capable de me consoler de l’horreur du monde.

Dany Laferrière

(via mignonne-allons-voir-si-la-rose)

Rotting from the Inside Out. Brandywine, MD, 9/2/2018.

The Queen Very Rarely Fought Something Uncertain

Image source: Anthropologie lookbook; “The Queen”, etc. texts: New York Times Sunday magazine. Ink pens, tissue paper, rubber stamps, U.S. postage stamp, artist and studio stamps. Approximately 5 x 7 in. (13 x 18 cm.). 11/4/2017.

Tea with the Poet (dialogue with @soulreserve) Murmurs over a cup of tea, A heart half-hid, not all can see: Her heart obscured in formulary, And veiled beneath arcane vocabulary. Yet warm within, her heart beats strong, Love, joy, and passion her inner song. Her words be freed of technical efficiency, Woman whole again--the gift of poetry.

“The formula for doing a good job in photography is to think like a poet.” — Imogen Cunningham #WomensHistoryMonth 📷My Signature, 1973 #ICPCollections

https://richard-laeton.pixels.com

Dawn soon: star, half moon

Pebbledash dew glazes parked cars

First dog walk, new day.

7/14/2017, but appropriate this cool and dew-touched morning, 9/8/2017, as well.

A blue moon is a rare orb.

I prefer mine common and mellow.

And in such light,

I would take You,

Darling,

Slow... and... easy...

Lest our sudden, mutual combustion

Leave nothing

But nameless black Cinder.

@soulreserve

nameless moon

name this nameless moon this sapphire blotch in our starlit sky, take it and sink it in inky blue desire, pluck its supple flowers with pale translucent lips and suck their sweet nectar of love, lay me down on its crescent hills seeped in shimmering moondust and name me too. call me darling, call me love. wild and windblown I’ll camp down on this earth near you, so close to you I will see you move and cloud me gently devour me take over everything that is mine and then, as you outshine us both - me and this dreamy nameless moon, I’ll ache for you in afterglow.

© SoulReserve 2019

Read to Me, My Darling. Handmade collage. Torn magazine and catalog illustrations (NY Times T Magazine 3/5/2017 and Anthropologie lookbook 4/2017), tissue paper, acrylic paint, and gold paint pen on a white sketchbook page, with artist and studio seals. ~7.5x10 inches (~19x25 cm), 4/16/2017.