asters by the window

Paul Klee

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Stanislas at the window

Édouard Boubat, from A Gentle Eye

France, 1973

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stillness and a glimpse of white

Rullakartiini 2006

Talvipuutarha 2006




Unlike his master Penti Kaskipuro, Riippa employs colour. However, what they share is the ambition for timelessness and the fondness for still lifes. Riippa seldom uses an object for a model; rather than aiming for detailed resemblance, he conveys the character of things.

Riippa Esa （Finnish, b.1947）



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spring windows

Josef Sudek

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through and against the window

To awaken on a cold autumn morning full of yellowish light. To force your way through the half-shut window and while still in front of the panes, before you fall, to hover, arms extended, belly arched, legs curved backwards, like the figures on the bows of ships in old times.


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To run against the window and, weak after exerting all one's strength, to step over the window sill through the splintered wood and glass.

Franz Kafka


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