Monthly Archives: August 2015

Nina Pops, Cassata!

Nina Pops’ exhibition Cassata opened last night in a beautiful space in Leverkusen, across the Rhein from Cologne. Pictures of the exhibition can be seen here: http://ninapops.blogspot.de/2015/08/cassata-bayer-kultur-erholungshaus.html

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The Evening of August 25

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Ecologist at Work: Ben Abbott

In the French countryside just south and west of Mont Saint-Michel my son Ben and his colleagues at the University of Rennes are monitoring and evaluating a set of streams running through agricultural land. Last week I had the pleasure … Continue reading

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Nina Pops at Work

Pictures from Nina’s studio in Köln as she prepares for a major exhibition at the Bayer exhibition space. Aluminum protected by an adhesive layer she strips off in the end. Oil, pigment (a whole kilogram followed by another kilo), fiberglass … Continue reading

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A Footnote

In Berlin’s Gemäldegallerie Botticelli’s Venus confronted me with her full body. My pedestrian eyes dropped to her feet, to the roll of fat just above her left ankle, to the toes slightly bent with the weight, to the impression her … Continue reading

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