Weekend Edition 14

Georges Braque

Still Life with grapes and clarinet

A table on the patio. Green grapes in a vase. Clarinet is playing in the background. You remember your trip to Tuscany. Vineyards. Small villages. Green hills. Bright sun. The contrast between the sunny side and shades. Blue skies. White (yellowish) wine in a glass. Grapes look like notes that you hear from clarinet (black circles on white background). The music takes you to Italy and back in a matter of seconds.

Leon Polk Smith

Leon Polk Smith at Washburn Gallery (Art Basel Miami Beach 2011)

Little Doggies at Night

This is Saturday night entertainment. Night(black rectangles). Bars(yellow rectangles), doors(big background rectangles), car lights(red rectangles). Red wine (burgundy rectangle in the lower left corner). Balancing in the gray area. Tipsy. Some  things you will remember only later, if at all, and black and white hangover(top row of rectangles with white figures).