Since reviving the DocWise blog and expanding its focus, we’ve decided to add a new weekly series, called “Art Tuesdays.” Every Tuesday, we will feature artwork that inspires us. Today I came across a photo essay featured on the very cool blog, Art Fag City. It’s by photographer Juozas Cernius who snapped photos of things in Africa that resembled famous art. Below is a photo Cernius snapped of a pile of chairs in Port Sudan, Sudan. To him, it recalled images of Doris Salcedo’s Istanbul Biennial installation of chairs. Check out the full series here and here.
The photo essay encapsulates what art truly is: an exercise in looking at things in fresh ways. And it goes so far as to surmise, without actually knowing, the inspiration behind many famous works of art. The series reminds that art is everywhere – in a trash heap in Sudan or along a street in Istanbul, whether left unintentionally or placed on commission. It inspired me to review some of the photos Ben and I have snapped during our travels. I noticed that we often take photos of people and places, but not often things, which can be equally as interesting. But the photo below did stick out. It’s of a street wall in colorful Buenos Aires, Argentina, which bears a striking resemblance to Mark Rothko’s paintings. What do you think?
