Reclining Woman Who Dreams
1929
Suspended Ball
1930-31
Untitled
Bronze
Woman with Her Throat Cut
1932
City Square
1948
Spoon Woman
1926-27
Tall Woman II
1960
Bust of Diego
1955
In every work of art the subject is primordial, whether the artist knows it or not. The measure of the formal qualities is only a sign of the measure of the artist’s obsession with his subject; the form is always in proportion to the obsession. Alberto Giacometti
Alberto Giacometti : MoMA Interactive
Imagine a puddle waking up one morning and thinking, “This is an interesting world I find myself in, an interesting hole I find myself in, fits me rather neatly, doesn't it? In fact it fits me staggeringly well, must have been made to have me in it!”
This is such a powerful idea that as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, it's still frantically hanging on to the notion that everything’s going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise.
I think this may be something we need to be on the watch out for.
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