Juxtapositions / And the series continues... on a separate blog

Peter Lindbergh - 1994

Paul Strand - 1951

Since I started the juxtapositions-series, it has become a story on its own. It turns out to be addictive to find matching pairs of paintings, photographs or other works of art, that somehow relate to each other. Sometimes from different disciplines, sometimes from different eras. The one inspired by the other...? Intentional quoting...? Subconscious coincidence...? Homage...? Zeitgeist...? Not that it really matters, good art is good art I suppose, yet it is fascinating to discover parallels and connections. 

Just couldn't stop and still can't. However, since I intended this blog to have a personal character, whether it is by posting my own work, or indirectly by posting stuff that interests me, or by sharing my thoughts, the juxtapositions seem to be playing a slightly different role. Sure they show my vision, or my artistic preferences for that matter, since I'm the one who juxtaposes, but apart from that, it generally is not my own work, nor do I put any comments other than creating a dialogue between the images by juxtaposing them. So, in order not to confuse, I decided to create a separate blog. From now on, if you're interested, please check mfk / juxtapositions for regular updates.


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Juxtapositions VIII / James Rosenquist & Liesbeth Doornbosch

James Rosenquist - Capillary Action II, 1963 - oil on plastic, wood, tree, neon, metal base -
photo © National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

Liesbeth Doornbosch - Model II, 2004, various materials, 80 x 35 x 25 cm

Liesbeth Doornbosch - Model I, 2004, various materials, 66 x 15 x 18 cm

Juxtapositions VII / Chuck Samuels & Helmut Newton

Chuck Samuels - After Newton, 1991 - with Sylvia Poirier, from the series Before the Camera

Helmut Newton - Jenny Capitain, Pension Dorian, Berlin 1977

Juxtapositions VI / Ingres & Tumblr

Ingres - La Grande Odalisque, 1814, oil on canvas, 91x162cm, Musée du Louvre

via Tumblr, 2011

Juxtapositions V / Helen Frankenthaler & Saul Leiter

Helen Frankenthaler - Portrait of a Lady in White, 1979, acrylic on canvas, 209x123cm

Saul Leiter - Street Scene, 1959

Juxtapositions IV / Ed van der Elsken & Théodore Chassériau

Ed van der Elsken, Amsterdam, 1956

Théodore Chassériau - Les deux soeurs, 1843, oil on canvas, 180x135cm, Louvre Paris

Juxtapositions III / Don Rodan & Pablo Picasso

Don Rodan - 'Vanity', 1981

Pablo Picasso - 'The Harlequin's Family', 1905, gouache

Juxtapositions II / Wolfgang Tillmans & Saul Leiter

Wolfgang Tillmans - 'Lighter III', 2006

Saul Leiter - 'Through Boards', 1957

First there was the visual connection that hit me, leafing through my box with postcards. But only while preparing this post, it struck me that Tillmans' title, 'Lighter III', is a phonetic reference to (Saul) Leiter. Coincidence? One might assume that Tillmans knows the master and it goes in the category 'quoting'. Intentional or subconscious, that remains a question. I'm intrigued since I'm fascinated as much by process as a final art work itself. But in the end, good art is good art I suppose.

Juxtapositions / Wolfgang Tillmans & Helen Frankenthaler

Wolfgang Tillmans - Kaskade, 2001

Helen Frankenthaler - Into the West, 1977, acrylic on canvas, 244x335cm