Louise Bourgeois - Les Fleurs - Nieves, 2023

 

''Louise Bourgeois' flowers series, painted in gouache on paper.
Born in Paris in 1911 and a New Yorker since 1938, Louise Bourgeois created a unique oeuvre—that owes no allegiance to 20th-century "isms"—in the course of a career than has spanned more than 60 years. Psychologically charged and dealing with the realm of human emotion (love, desire, dependency, sexuality, rejection, jealousy, and abandonment), her art is grounded in her own life and experience: "My goal is to re-experience a past emotion … to relive anxiety … anxiety is a passive state, and the object is to be active and take control." Yet Louise Bourgeois did not create an autonomous universe as an artistic hermit. While her art is nourished by personal experience, it also draws from art and art history—a wellspring of inspiration from which she developed her themes, concepts, and approach to media in both two- and three-dimensional works.''

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Roger Ballen - Outland - Phaidon, 2015

 

''Outland encapsulates nearly 20 years of Roger Ballen's work, capturing rural South Africa’s evolving social landscape. Initially focused on rural “dorps” and isolated whites grappling with the loss of apartheid-era privileges, Ballen’s powerful, unsettling images grew into psychological studies. By the late 1990s, his subjects began acting in staged, dark scenes, blurring the lines between documentary and fiction. First published by Phaidon in 2001 and re-released in 2015 with 45 new photos, Outland remains a seminal work in contemporary photography.''

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Marcel Marïen - L'Evidence Enigmatique - Les Lèvres Nues 1991

 

Marcel Mariën - Le Pont aux Ânes - Lebeer-Hossmann/Les Lèvres Nues 1987

 

Marcel Mariën - The Snowdrop - Self-published 1989

 

Marcel Mariën's renowned self-published book, "The Snowdrop", is a true collector's item and an exquisite piece of literary art that enthusiasts must not miss. A rare find, this 1989 original represents Marcel Mariën's unique artistic vision and deep engagement with surrealism. The Snowdrop delves into complex themes and showcases Mariën's distinctive voice, making it a vital addition to any serious collection.

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Marcel Mariën - De Openstaande Vrouw - Loempia 1985

 

This book, comprising just over a hundred photographs (with a short introduction by Patrick Hughes), is a hymn to the female body, an offbeat blazon from face to breasts to vulva, all adorned with various disturbing accessories: cherries, scissors, the Eiffel Tower, a pornographic deck of cards and, above, a mirror (one with her self-portrait).

One of the late books (1985) post-surrealist, anachronistic, from the Belgian surrealist, Marcel Mariën.

Loempia - 1985

Daniel Arsham | Draped Figure Arms Out, 2013

 

Daniel Arsham, LABYRINTH AND THE ORANGE, 2025

 

Daniel Arsham, 'Quartz Eroded Venus de Milo', 2019

 

tatuaje del napolitano Antonio Ventre Tutto Passa

 

''La historia detrás del tatuaje del napolitano Antonio Ventre Tutto Passa


Antonio Ventre es un pescador jubilado de Nápoles. Lleva en el pecho una frase tatuada Tutto Passa.


Una imagen suya, captada en los Quartieri Spagnoli, cruzó el mundo como una pequeña revelación. Detrás hay una vida marcada por la pérdida y por esa forma callada de seguir adelante.''

Ana Mendieta

 

      Luís Manuel Gaspar, desenho para 'A Faca Romba', Lisboa, Oficina do Cego, Dez. 2012.

Francis Alÿs – Paradox of Praxis I (Sometimes Making Something Leads to Nothing), Mexico City, 1997

 

Why did Francis Alÿs push a block of ice for 9 hours?

 

Francis Alÿs – Paradox of Praxis I (Sometimes Making Something Leads to Nothing), Mexico City, 1997

Francis Alÿs, Le Temps du Sommeil 1996

 

When Faith Moves Mountains, 2002 | Francis Alÿs

 

Tornado | Francis Alÿs

 

Tiger Lily

 

David Hockney, “Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)” (1972)

 

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Autoportrait, 1930.

 

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, Autoportrait, 1930. 
Comité Arpad Szenes – Vieira da Silva, Paris. 
© Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, VEGAP, Bilbao 2025

 

Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, La Chambre à carreaux, 1935. Tate. © Maria Helena Vieira da Silva, VEGAP, Bilbao 2025

"The Forgetting of Passions", circa 1913, by Jean Delville

 

From the photobook "In and Out of Fashion" © Viviane Sassen

 

From the photobook "In and Out of Fashion" © Viviane Sassen

 

From the photobook "In and Out of Fashion" © Viviane Sassen

 

From the photobook "In and Out of Fashion" © Viviane Sassen

 

“The reader”, 1925 - Sergius Pauser

 

Palimpsestos

 

The New Novel, de Winslow Homer