Category Archives: Liber Creature

LIBRARY SHELF: Yves Klein

Restany, Pierre Yves Klein: Fire at the Heart of the Void (1992) LAST LINE: “Thus we will ourselves be fire.” ICI SHELF: Artist Monograhs ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed (04-11-12)

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LIBRARY SHELF: Spectral Evidence – The Photography of Trauma

Baer, Ulrich Spectral Evidence- The Photography of Trauma (2002) LAST LINE: “They open up a future that is not known and, because it is unknown, might yet be changed.” ICI SHELF: Barthes’ Tear ICI HISTORY: Today at the ICI-Twitter Feed … Continue reading

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EARTH SAMPLE: Pond of Ashes from Birkenau, Poland

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Museum Without Walls

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André Malraux is perhaps best known for his idea of the “Museum Without Walls”, a museum in the mind, comprising the art of past centuries and civilizations. Malraux visualized art without the traditional confines (and constructs) of the museum grouping, … Continue reading

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