Gimme shelter

Source of our Aluminium Germany-based photographer Kevin Krautgartner has captured Bauxite ore the world’s primary source of aluminum. It is a characteristic reddish ore that naturally has a particularly high concentration of aluminum oxides and hydroxides. For this reason, bauxite is particularly suitable for aluminum production - also against the background of the increasing aluminum demand worldwide, because bauxite enables efficient production of the metal. In addition to the very high energy consumption and the escaping heat in the processing of bauxite for the production of aluminum, large areas of the landscape are used in the mining of bauxite, which must be recultivated. The mining areas, which are usually several hectares in size, are controversial, but if you look at them from an aerial perspective, especially it’s tailing ponds look like huge abstract oil paintings.

Gerhard Richter

Ekaterina Popova - Resting Place, 2019

Victor Higgins piece Taos, New Mexico

Whole milk yogurt with coconut, honey, and foraged milkweed flowers

“and like the moon, we must go through phases of emptiness to feel full again.” (x x x x)

Jan Toorop, 1890

Grace Wright (New Zealander, b. 1992), Now or Never, 2020. Acrylic on linen, 160 x 130 cm.

Neil Krug

The Hague, 2017