Garachico: the emigrant
This sculpture shows an emigrant leaving (or returning to?) Garachico, a pleasant village on Tenerife.
Garachico lost its economic importance when the harbour was mostly made unusable by a volcanic eruption.
March 11, 2006
Random post from the past:
Chihuly: Arts & the Law
Strange Flower: Chilhuly in Miami, originally uploaded by laurenz When I visited the Chihuly exposition in Miami's Fairchild garden, I thought to myself: "no way that one man can do all this on his own", and it seems Chihuly has a number of other expositions going on at the same time. It turns out that Chihuly has not blown glass for a long time, but is responsible for the artistic design. Which brings us to an interesting law case, with Chihuly attempting to assert a copyright on "his" style of glass art and an assistant claiming co-authorship of several of the pieces. Lots of interesting ...
February 11th, 2008 at 8:34 pm
This is so inspiring. I love it.! Thanks.-Whit.=))