Robe verte, 1967, by Domenico Gnoli
… love this painting… it reminds me of photographs i might make… not sure it has anything particularly important to say about the world other than, perhaps, “god is in the details1”… what beautiful details they are… Gnoli created between 1949 and 1969 and was an illustrator and set designer… yes, the work above smacks of illustration, but i find it soothing and perhaps significance for its observation of cultural accoutrements… it is pleasing to look at work…
… on display at the Fondazione Prada…
… i free associate to “the devil is in the details,” and then to, “The Devil Wears Prada,” a 2006 romantic comedy/drama starring Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep and Adrian Grenier…
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Well known dictum of Mies van der Rohe. Often thought to have originated with van der Rohe, though it’s origins can be traced back to the 1800’s, well before his birth. ↩︎