We went to an art fair today. I bought this piece:
Loved it at first sight.
Klara chose these little plants made out of Japanese clay:
The funny thing is that the artists who made these very different products turned out to be husband and wife.
5 responses to “Family Art”
-
-
I don’t care what it is but it’s blowing my lid like nothing else I’ve seen at the exhibit.
LikeLike
-
Yeah, I wouldn’t expect that much light in the real thing, and certainly more plants and laundry on balconies. But a quick trot through image search for KWC yields:
Which I assume is the immediate inspiration 🙂
It could only be a few places. The window shapes say SE Asia, the crowding says dense metro area, but normally you don’t get anything that tall without it looking either sleek and wealthy (Seoul, Tokyo), or gray bland depressing and uniform (Beijing). That peculiar combination of density, shabbiness, and lively variation… that’s pretty much KWC and nowhere else.
LikeLike
-
-
I think Klara made the better choice.
LikeLike
A conservative literary critic and college professor
Clarissa's Blog 
Leave a comment