"The Trap," 1946, Paul Delvaux.
"Untitled," 1924, René Magritte.
at the Mu.zee, Oostend, Belgium.
The Politics of Cultural Exchanges
"Paul Eluard & E.L.T. Mesens," 1936, Roland Penrose.
at Mu.ZEE, Oostend, Belgium.
Unacknowledged Museum of Gay Art
[Jesus] at Sint-Jan Hospitaalmuseum, Bruges.
"The Last Hudgement," XVI century, Bosh.
"Achilles among the daughters of Lycomededs," Erasmus II Quellinus, 1643.
[Androgynous Achilles in drag is recurrent in museums I am visiting. Patroclus had to love him!]
Nicolas de Liemaeckere, 1600s. Sint Pieters church, Ghent.
Fashion
Unacknowledged Museum of Gay Art
"The Nymph Salmacis and Hermaphroditus, 1829, François-Joseph Navez
"The Prodigal Son or Reconciliation," 1895, Constantin Meunier
I see him seeing me - "View of Olinda, Brazil, "Franz Post, 1662. at the Rijksmuseum today.
Am I the monkey? Yes. The solitary boatman? Yes. I see him looking at me.
In the Netherlands a Brazilian sees a Dutchman seeing Brazil.
Brazil is being invented and already has ruins.
Am I those ruins? Yes. Am I the bird? Yes. Am I the bug? Yes.
