Masterpiece of the Day - 0021

Jean-Michel Folon, The View, 1970

(English)
"What I love the most is watching life", Jean-Michel Folon

(Italian)
"Cio che amo di piu' e' guardare la vita", Jean-Michel Folon

Masterpiece of the Day - 0020

Unknown, Eye of Horus, 1323BC

"My utterance is mighty, I am more powerful than the ghosts." (Egyptian Book of the Dead)

Horus was the Egyptian sky god, represented as a falcon. His eye represented the unity, having segments in relative proportion of 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, 1/32, and 1/64, where the sum approximate 1.

Masterpiece of the Day - 0019

Golan Levin with Greg Baltus, Opto-Isolator, 2007

(English)
"What if artworks could know how we were looking at them?” Golan Levin

An interactive robotic eye with working eyelids, gazing the museum's visitors. Check the video at:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL1yApbYQW8

(Italian)
"E se le opere d'are potessero sapere come noi le osserviamo?" Golan Levin

Un occhio robotico interattivo con palpebra funzionante che osserva i visitatori del museo. Guarda il video a:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xL1yApbYQW8

Masterpiece of the Day - 0018

Man Ray, Glass Tears, 1932

(English)
"I photograph the things that I do not wish to paint, the things which already have an existence.” Man Ray.

Erotic tears of surrealist.

(Italian)
"Fotografo cio' che non desidero dipingere, le cose che hanno gia' un'esistenza", Man Ray

Lacrime erotiche di un surrealista.

Masterpiece of the Day - 0017

Salvador Dali, The Eye, 1945

(English)
"Have no fear of perfection - you'll never reach it.” Salvador Dali.

The gaze of the supreme master of surrealism.

(Italian)
"Non aver paura della perfezione - non la raggiungerai mai", Salvador Dali.

Lo sguardo del supremo maestro del surrealismo.

Masterpiece of the Day - 0016

Tony Tasset, Eye in Pritzker Park, Chicago, 2010

(English)
"I did not want to decorate, I wanted to make an impact” Tony Tasset.

Possibly the largest eye ever built...

(Italian)
"Non volevo decorare, volevo avere un impatto", Tony Tasset

Probabilmente l'occhio piu' grande mai costruito...

Masterpiece of the Day - 0015

Rene Magritte, The False Mirror, 1928

(English)
"“Everything we see hides another things” Rene Magritte.

After the week of the fish, let's start the week of the eye with a surrealist master. (PS: vote for the Fish of the week on the left)

(Italian)
"Tutto cio' che vediamo nasconde alre cose" Rene Magritte.

Dopo la settimana del pesce, cominciamo la settimana dell'occhio con un grande maestro surrealista. (PS: vota il Pesce della Settimana qui a sinistra)