"Precisely at this moment, in one of those elegant owned apartments located on Park Avenue and so obsessively desired by the mayor... four-meter ceilings... two wings, one for the WASPs and another for the service... Sherman McCoy was kneeling in the middle of the grand hall, trying to attach the leash to a Dachshund. The dark green marble floor stretched endlessly around him. On one side, it led down to the base of a walnut staircase descending in a luxurious curve from the upper floor. It was that kind of apartment whose very idea is enough to ignite fires of envy and greed in people all over New York, or, if we’re being honest, absolutely everywhere. But Sherman only burned with the desire to leave this fabulous little palace for at least thirty minutes."
The Bonfire of the Vanities - Tom Wolfe
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The poppy is a wild and delicate flower. It has been used for a long time as a symbol of peace, sleep and death. It is a special flower. It does not allow to be cut, it decomposes and falls apart quickly. The brilliant color and vibrancy that it presents in the field does not last even a few minutes in our hands. If we want to keep it, to make it remain, it will be necessary to elaborate it, work it in such a way that it does not spoil. The resulting, imperfect, nature will be much more complete and elegant… and will remain.
Love and beauty are the two fundamental challenges of the human being and it takes a lifetime to understand them.
Beauty repairs.
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Photograph on 100% cotton Hahnemühle paper with pigmented inks, natural walnut wood frame and museum glass (70% anti-reflective and 90% UVA protection). Red collection (51 pieces). White collection (32 pieces). Numbered and signed work (25 editions of each piece). Each piece comes in a black case, with "Jaime Sicilia" stamped on the cover, specially designed for this project.
"Precisely at this moment, in one of those elegant owned apartments located on Park Avenue and so obsessively desired by the mayor... four-meter ceilings... two wings, one for the WASPs and another for the service... Sherman McCoy was kneeling in the middle of the grand hall, trying to attach the leash to a Dachshund. The dark green marble floor stretched endlessly around him. On one side, it led down to the base of a walnut staircase descending in a luxurious curve from the upper floor. It was that kind of apartment whose very idea is enough to ignite fires of envy and greed in people all over New York, or, if we’re being honest, absolutely everywhere. But Sherman only burned with the desire to leave this fabulous little palace for at least thirty minutes."
The Bonfire of the Vanities - Tom Wolfe
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The poppy is a wild and delicate flower. It has been used for a long time as a symbol of peace, sleep and death. It is a special flower. It does not allow to be cut, it decomposes and falls apart quickly. The brilliant color and vibrancy that it presents in the field does not last even a few minutes in our hands. If we want to keep it, to make it remain, it will be necessary to elaborate it, work it in such a way that it does not spoil. The resulting, imperfect, nature will be much more complete and elegant… and will remain.
Love and beauty are the two fundamental challenges of the human being and it takes a lifetime to understand them.
Beauty repairs.
***
Photograph on 100% cotton Hahnemühle paper with pigmented inks, natural walnut wood frame and museum glass (70% anti-reflective and 90% UVA protection). Red collection (51 pieces). White collection (32 pieces). Numbered and signed work (25 editions of each piece). Each piece comes in a black case, with "Jaime Sicilia" stamped on the cover, specially designed for this project.
