“Nothing is more abstract than reality… matter exists, of course, but has no intrinsic meaning of its own… only we can know that a cup is a cup, that a tree is a tree… I have never intended to give the objects in my still-life arrangements any particular familiar meanings…”
Giorgio Morandi
Giorgio Morandi
Large Still Life with Coffeepot, 1933
Etching, 11 11/16 x 15 3/8 inches (29.7 x 39 cm)
TIM GROEN
Giorgio Morandi (Italian, 1890–1964)
Still Life (Natura morta), 1956
Oil on canvas; (30 x 45 cm)
Museo Morandi, Bologna
Oil on canvas; (30 x 45 cm)
Museo Morandi, Bologna
TIM GROEN
"MORANDI 2", TIM GROEN
"Tim Groen is a New York-based illustrator who uses vintage wallpapers for collage. Groen likens his work to “visual haikus with a beatnik twist” because he tries to keep a very minimalist theme with influences from the late 50’s. Inspired by design from Giorgio Morandi, Le Corbusier and Myron stout, Groen is just as happy to credit flea market finds, store signage and set design and advertising art from the 60’s as other sources."
