About the Book
Sometimes alone, sometimes in groups, silently asking for someone to see what they themselves cannot see.
Blind windows. Blinded by human interference that is. A window is never born blind. They cannot see the children walking to school in the morning. They cannot see the sunset, which happens every single day right in front of them. They cannot see the trees growing, nor the birds pausing to rest up. They cannot see the rain raining, no, no, no and no! They cannot see anything.
Blind windows can never tell their inner selves whether it is night or day, whether the rain has stopped raining, whether the bread at the corner bakery is ready, whether it is a sunny day, whether the horizon is near or far away.
Imagine one day waking up and not being able to see life. That's what happened to them. Someone took away the magic and, in its place, a wall was raised, an air conditioner was installed, a room was enlarged.
You who’ able to do it, start looking closely at them. Sometimes they are almost imperceptible, in the same color as the façade, yet, whispering: I was here, or rather I am here but I cannot see.
Windows dream of an enlightened life, a curious child looking at the birds through its eyes, a voyeur looking at the building across the street, a curtain moving with the wind blowing through its eyes a cat waiting for its owner on its market spot
a flower soaking in the morning sun a lover making a secret visit raindrops beautifully dripping right in front of it life entering and leaving its eyes daily.
Features & Details
- Primary Category: Arts & Photography Books
- Additional Categories Fine Art Photography, Fine Art
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Project Option: US Letter, 8.5×11 in, 22×28 cm
# of Pages: 144 - Publish Date: Mar 28, 2020
- Language Portuguese
- Keywords art, photography, york, new
About the Creator
Colombian who lived for 2o years in Brazil, returned to Colombia for another 3 years and currently lives in New York. His artistic inspiration comes from his childhood where he grew up with a Catholic family of artists with Spanish heritage. His grandfather used to make sculptures in clay and wood in accidentally disproportionate shapes, such as hands and feet. Meanwhile her grandmother devoted herself to painting on unconventional surfaces making collages with lace and fabrics. Both were always inspired by Baroque elements in their work, as well as churches, saints, and altars. The exploration of colors in harmony with tridimensional materials such as foams, acrylics, rubbers, wood, fabrics and leather provide an incredible look to the unusual. Constantly evolving and always bold, the artist Leo Macias, in his exhibitions, manages to provoke a discussion of what is presented by his theatrical perspective and occupy a space within contemporary art.