Lisa in Front of Art

This is Lisa in front of the sculpture "Present Continuous" in Germany a while ago. The statue is placed between the Munich "Hochschule für Fernsehen und Film" filmschool and the State Museum of Egyptian Art in the so called "Skulpturenpark Pinakothek". The Skulturenpark is basically and area in which many sculptures of famous carvers can be found. "Present Continuous" is sculptured by dutch artist Henk Visch and was errected in Munich in 2011. Visch has a close relation to Germany as he teaches in art schools in Germany since 1995 (first Stuttgart, now Münster). The metal bar that reaches from the sculptures forehead down into the earth ends in a hall of the Museum of Egyptian Art which is located underneath the statue. It illustrates the "connection between the past and the researching present".

This is Lisa in front of a light installation by Bill Culbert in the National Art School Gallery in Sydney Australia. The exhibition was part of the Sydney Festival 2015 and is still going on until March 7th. Bill Culbert is a new New Zealand artist born in 1935 who currently lives in London, Croagnes (France) or New Zealand, who knows :-). Even though he studied painting in Christchurch and London, Culbert is most commonly known for his light installations which include found and recycled materials such as old liquid containers. His work is very modern and esthetic. While in my opinnion, the exhibition didn't include the more spectacular works of Culbert, it is definitly worth going and enjoy a quick stroll through this beautiful gallery.

Random Fact: Famous Folk Singer Pete Seeger lived in Beacon for quite some time. He passed away in January 2014 at age 94.

This is Lisa in front of Martial Raysse's "Peinture à haute tension" from 1965. Martial belongs to a movement of french painters called "Nouveau Réalisme". In my eyes it is a french prototype of pop art. Every art historian would probably kill me for this vague definition. However I think it's awesome. This picture was taken in the beautiful city of Amsterdam. The painting lives in the Standeljik Museum Of Modern Art. Go and visit Amsterdam if you haven't. One of the most inspiring cities in Europe.

Random Fact: Arne was married to Barbara Becker, ex-wife of famous german tennis player Boris Becker.