Recently landed: : Où est le metro?
A new article on Marginalia Rewinds to Paris, 2019.
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20th of October, 2019
By way of a cat with ears perhaps flattened from or ready to catch incoming letters, and Rudolf on the wall, Degas’ “unreal colours, where all that matters is the visual liveliness, harmony or stridency. Casting property to the winds, he strikes the most unusual and daring chords.... that ‘pollen of colours’ (Lucie Cousturier), Degas found the ideal material and technique to express the wondrous aspect of the ballet, ‘this art in which the human body becomes the instrument of a magical celebration’”.
