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| Henrique Oliveira. Dead Fire (detail). Burned plywood. 2012 |
Out of the fire the wood escapes, scorched but not consumed. Coiling and twisting like a nest of massive snakes, of blind basilisks. Rejecting its fate. Rebellious.
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| Henrique Oliveira. Dead Fire. |
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| Henrique Oliveira. Dead Fire (detail). |
While a few years earlier, a fireplace leaks a dark puddle (blue sky reflecting on the surface of the deep). Flames quenched.
Out of the fire, water.
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| Kate MccGwire. Slick. Mixed media with magpie feathers. 2010 |
See more about Kate MccGwire in the following posts: holy waters; collecting as art practice; and the luminescence of the night sky.
