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Humpbacks, Challenger Bank, Bermuda, March 2015, II
Andrew Stevenson
The pair of whales featured in this photographic series are unusual in that one has black pectoral fins, and the other’s pectoral fins are white. Stevenson estimates that less than 5% of whales seen in Bermuda have black pectoral fins. However, it is the reverse in the North Pacific where almost all of the humpback […]
Whole #2
Paul Brach
Born in New York, Paul Brach originally began painting in an Abstract Expressionist style, having met many of the artists in the movement at NYC’s notorious Cedar Tavern, before moving towards Minimalism in the late 1950s. He began showing at the Leo Castelli Gallery in New York in 1957 when it opened and went on […]
Devonshire
Elizabeth Mulderig
“I don’t even know what a Mock Turtle is,” says Alice. “It’s the thing that Mock Turtle Soup is made from,” replies the Queen imperiously, who then takes her to meet the Gryphon who, in turn, introduces Alice to the Mock Turtle. The Mock Turtle and the Gryphon enact the Lobster Quadrille, a dance in […]
Onion Spawn Study no. 15
Gherdai Hassell
Humpbacks, Challenger Bank, Bermuda, March 2015, IV
Andrew Stevenson
Humpbacks are often spotted in pairs. The females usually approach Stevenson first, learning to trust him as, like their own offspring, they see that he stays close to his ‘mother’. “I’m always beside the boat and that is a point of reference for them,” he explains. “If they know where the boat is, they know […]
Topaze Noire – Positif
Victor Vasarely
Victor Vasarely was born in Hungary. He studied at the Mühely academy, which focused on the applied arts and was often referred to as the Bauhaus of Budapest. It was modelled on the German school and offered classes on the works of Wassily Kandinsky, Paul Klee and Josef Albers. In 1930, Vasarely left Budapest for […]
Pembroke
Elizabeth Mulderig
Here, Queen Elizabeth Park has been transformed into a chess set – a reference to Alice Through the Looking Glass, in which Alice finds herself once again in a fantastical world, this time one commanded by a chess board, the pieces that inhabit it and the rules of the game that govern them. In the […]
Onion Spawn Study no. 13
Gherdai Hassell
Humpbacks, Challenger Bank, Bermuda, March 2015, V
Andrew Stevenson
This male whale can be identified by the battle scars on him, which are the result of fighting with other males. They are jealous creatures and fight aggressively over the females, who are much more passive. “The whales have barnacles on them, and these are the scrapes from his opponent’s barnacles,” explains Stevenson. “You can […]