Thursday, December 4, 2008

tissu léger et transparent




photographs by bolesław okoniewski, "discovered" by him on his 1960s trip to paris france.
his three most inspiring art discoveries there (besides the city itself): marcel duchamp, victor hugo, and henri michaux.
okoniewski is rumoured to have whispered to his newfound love there "gaze, tissu léger et transparent, de soie, de lin ou de laine, à armure complexe, à fils sinueux. étoffe, robe de gaze....."

2 comments:

the art of memory said...

always memories

the art of memory said...

i don't believe he is written about on the web, but there will be more coming here, i am in the process of writing a monograph on him.