Archive for the 'Dusseldorf' Category

Lady of the Rhine, Sect 2: Chapter 10, Part A - The Keys of Worms, The Nibelungen

Section A
The Sacred Key of Worms
Saturday, 4 April 2009Worms, Germany
iWorms comes from “Lindwurn” or “Dragon slain by Siegfried under the linden tree.”
“Yet more I know of Seigfried that well your your ear may hold.
Beneath the lindeu tree he slew the dragon bold;
Then […]

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Hittsville Music (Dusseldorf, Germany)

Hittsville MusicHitsville Records, Altstadt, Düsseldorf 40213 * Dusseldorf, Germany * +49 211 328844 * www.hitsville.de
One of Dusseldorf’s alternative used cd/vinyl/music stores in old town with great prices and deals. Also a great place to find out about local music and club happenings, events, concerts, and what-not. One of my favorite shops in Dusseldorf. […]

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Nordsee, Old Town, Dusseldorf, Germany

Posted by Leaf on April 2nd, 2009 filed in Dusseldorf, Germany, Restaurants, Reviews, food, seafood, travelogues

Fisch Nords
Nordsee (old town Dusseldorf)* Fisch Nordsee Flinger Straße 38 40213 Düsseldorf Tel.: 0211-131806 * www.nordsee.comOne of my favorite healthy German fast food chains. “FFF / Fast Food Fish”. It’s a well-established chain found in all the German-speaking countries (over 355 outlets in Germany) that is a healthier equivalent of a seafood section of a […]

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“Two Families” by Thomas Hirschhorn

Posted by Leaf on April 1st, 2009 filed in Alternative Art Districts, Dusseldorf, Reviews, art, modern art, travelogues

Thomas Hirschhorn - geboren 1947 in Bern, lebt in Paris. Two Families (2002), Wood, cardboard, adhesive tape, paint, carpet. erworben 2004 in K21 Dusseldorf. Review: An intriguing piece demonstrating the disaster, horror, and destruction of war and invasion. Rooms of two families depicting the melted and destroyed elements of life arranged in dollhouse fashion. In […]

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“Them and Us” by Richard Deacon, Thomas Schutte

Posted by Leaf on April 1st, 2009 filed in Alternative Art Districts, Dusseldorf, Reviews, art, modern art, travelogues

Richard Deacon und Thomas Schutte: geboren 1949 in Bangor (Wales) / 1954 in Oldenburg; leben in Liverpool und Dusseldorf. “Them and Us” (V), 1995. Aluminum, felt, animal hair. erworben 2004 in K21 Dusseldorf. Review: I found this piece abstract and distant, chaotic and sporadic, yet visually intriguing. Not my most favorite at the K21, but […]

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“The Well” by Jeff Wall

Posted by Leaf on April 1st, 2009 filed in Alternative Art Districts, Dusseldorf, Reviews, art, modern art, travelogues

Jeff Wall, - geboren 1946 in Vancouver, lebt in Vancouver. “The Well”, 1986. Cibachrome transparency in light box. erworben 2004 in K21 Dusseldorf. Review: This is another Jeff Wall piece that transformed me into a medium of my life fascination. While “The Drain” brought me into folklore, “The Well” brings me into the world of […]

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“The Drain” by Jeff Wall

Posted by Leaf on April 1st, 2009 filed in Alternative Art Districts, Dusseldorf, Reviews, art, modern art, travelogues

“The Drain, 1989″
“Jeff Wall’s early light box works tells a story in a graphic and symbolic form. The curious fearful girls remain in a tension between their own innocence and the dark uncertainty of the big outlet pipe. A moment between present and future. The detailed composition and the concentration on a particular moment […]

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Untitled Man in Blanket by Ron Mueck

Posted by Leaf on April 1st, 2009 filed in Alternative Art Districts, Dusseldorf, Reviews, art, modern art, travelogues

Untitled Man in Blankets (2000)Ron Mueck
Untitled Man in Blankets by Ron Mueck (2000). Ron Mueck geboren 1958 in Melbourne, lebt in London. Ohne Titel (Mann in Decken). Blankets, Polyester, Human Hair. erwoben 2004: Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf. (#113)Review: I found this sculpture both curious and contemplative - age, homelessness, abandonment, and thoughts of life to death. […]

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Alienation, modern art by Juan Monoz (K21, Dusseldorf)

Posted by Leaf on April 1st, 2009 filed in Alternative Art Districts, Dusseldorf, Reviews, art, modern art, travelogues

“The room contains encounters with alienation, unfamiliarity and absence. Juan Monoz’ range of figures in Plaza presents alienation as a situation in which the individual is exposed to a sense of helplessness, a feeling that the viewer grasps both emotionally and intellectually. The small size and greyish-beige color of the figures makes them look as […]

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“The Adaptives” art piece by Franz West, Georg Herold, Gregor Schneider

Posted by Leaf on April 1st, 2009 filed in Alternative Art Districts, Dusseldorf, Reviews, art, modern art, travelogues

The Adaptives
“The Relationship between the human body and a particular object is the subject of the works of Franz West, Georg Herold, and Gregor Schneider. In the Adaptives and furniture of the sculptor Franz West, the actual performer is the viewer. The sculpture is less a self-contained image than a tool for the examination of […]

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