See how efficient it still is,
how it keeps itself in shape -
our century’s hatred.
How easily it vaults the tallest obstacles.
How rapidly it pounces, tracks us down.
It is not like other feelings.
At once both older and younger.
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Wisława Szymborska | Hatred
Donizetti: L'elisir d'amore | Act 2: "Una furtiva lagrima"
"Una furtiva lagrima" (A furtive tear) is the romanza from act 2, scene 8 of the Italian opera L'elisir d'amore by Gaetano Donizetti.
It is sung by Nemorino (tenor) when it appears that the love potion he bought to win the heart of his dream lady, Adina, is working.
He loves Adina, but she is not interested in an innocent, rustic man such as he.
Ponziano Loverini | Portrait of Gaetano Doninzetti, 1877
Love Letter from Balzac to Countess Ewelina Hańska
My beloved angel,
I am nearly mad about you, as much as one can be mad: I cannot bring together two ideas that you do not interpose yourself between them.
I can no longer think of nothing but you. In spite of myself, my imagination carries me to you.
I grasp you, I kiss you, I caress you, a thousand of the most amorous caresses take possession of me.
As for my heart, there you will always be - very much so. I have a delicious sense of you there.
But my God, what is to become of me, if you have deprived me of my reason?
Lorenzo Bartolini | Buste d'Ewelina Hańska, 1837 | Musée Bertrand, à Châteauroux, France
Wisława Szymborska | Ruben's Women
Herculasses, a feminine fauna.
Naked as the crashing of barrels.
Cooped up atop trampled beds.
They sleep with mouths poised to crow.
Their pupils have retreated in the depths,
and penetrate to the heart of their glands,
trickling yeast into their blood.
Peter Paul Rubens | Venus in Front of the Mirror, (1614-1615) | Museo Nacional del Prado
Daughters of the Baroque. Dough bloats in a bowl,
baths are steaming, wines are blushing.
piglets of cloud are dashing across the sky,
trumpets neigh in physical alarm.
O pumpkinned, O excessive ones,
doubled by your unveiling,
trebled by your violent poses,
fat love dishes.
Peter Paul Rubens | Mars and Rhea Silvia, 1617
Their skinny sisters got up earlier,
before dawn broke within the painting,
and no one saw them walking single file
on the unpainted side of the canvas.
Exiles of style. Ribs all counted.
Birdlike feet and hands.
They try to ascend on gaunt shoulderblades.
The thirteenth century would have given them a golden backdrop.
The twentieth, a silver screen.
But the seventeenth has nothing for the flat-chested.
For even the sky curves in relief -
curvaceous angles, a curvaceous god -
a moustached Apollo astride a sweaty steed
enters the steaming bedchamber.
Wisława Szymborska (Polish poet, essayist, translato, and recipient of the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature, 1923-2012)
Wisława Szymborska | Non ce l’ho con la primavera, 1993
Non ce l'ho con la primavera
perché è tornata.
Non la incolpo
perché adempie come ogni anno
ai suoi doveri.
Marc Chagall | Fleurs de printemps, 1930
Wisława Szymborska | Ritratto di Donna / Portrait of a Woman
Deve essere a scelta.
Cambiare, purché niente cambi.
È facile, impossibile, difficile, ne vale la pena.
Ha gli occhi, se occorre, ora azzurri, ora grigi,
neri, allegri, senza motivo pieni di lacrime.
Egon Schiele | Seated Woman with Bent Knees, 1917 | National Gallery of Prague
Tamara de Lempicka | Russian Dancer, 1924
Russian Dancer was created in 1924 by Tamara de Lempicka (Polish Art Déco painter, 1894-1980).
The painting is part of the Collection of Polish businessman and art collector Marek Roefler/ Villa la Fleur, Konstancin-Jeziorna, Poland.
Russian Dancer, posthumously titled in reference to the Ballets Russes - the troupe founded by Serge Diaghilev, which took Paris by storm in the 1910s and 1920s with its innovative choreography and gleaming costumes and sets designed by Russian artists-portrays a woman dressed in folk attire from southern Russia.
Tamara de Lempicka | Russian Dancer, 1924
Wisława Szymborska | Life While-You-Wait / Una vita all'istante, 1996
Life While-You-Wait
Performance without rehearsal.
Body without alterations.
Head without premeditation.
I know nothing of the role I play.
I only know it’s mine. I can’t exchange it.
Herman Jean Joseph Richir
Wisława Szymborska | Il poeta ed il mondo
Descritta dal comitato per il Nobel come il "Mozart della poesia" ma con "qualcosa della furia di Beethoven", Wisława Szymborska (1923-2012) è stata insignita del Premio Nobel per la letteratura nel 1996 "per una poesia che, con ironica precisione, permette al contesto storico e biologico di venire alla luce in frammenti d'umana realtà".
Il discorso della poetessa Wislawa Szymborska alla consegna del premio Nobel
7 dicembre 1996
(✔en) In un discorso, a quanto pare, la prima frase è sempre la più difficile.
Ebbene, la prima è comunque andata.
Ma ho la sensazione che anche le frasi successive - la terza, la sesta, la decima e così via, fino all'ultima parola - saranno altrettanto difficili, perché si suppone che io parli di poesia.
Pawel Kuczynski
Wisława Szymborska | The poet and the world
Described by the Nobel committee as the "Mozart of poetry" but with "something of the fury of Beethoven", Wisława Szymborska (1923-2012) was awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality".
Wisława Szymborska | Nobel Lecture
December 7, 1996
(✔it) They say the first sentence in any speech is always the hardest. Well, that one's behind me, anyway. But I have a feeling that the sentences to come - the third, the sixth, the tenth, and so on, up to the final line - will be just as hard, since I'm supposed to talk about poetry.
I've said very little on the subject, next to nothing, in fact. And whenever I have said anything, I've always had the sneaking suspicion that I'm not very good at it. This is why my lecture will be rather short. All imperfection is easier to tolerate if served up in small doses.
Jonathan Wolstenholme
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Jacek Yerka, 1952 | Il sogno Surrealista
Jacek Yerka, pittore surrealista Polacco, nato a Torun, vive e lavora con la sua famiglia, in un enclave rurale della sua nativa Polonia.
Inizia con lo studiare Storia dell'Arte e segue corsi di grafica, poi si dedica alla pittura nel 1980.
Dipinge (dapprima solo su tela con olio e acrilico) con meticoloso realismo stile fiammingo.
Nei suoi lavori s'intravvede la pastorale atmosfera della campagna polacca, che però fa da base non strutturale, difatti la magia sognante di Yerka s'ispira ai pittori e personaggi del 15°-16° secolo: Cagliostro. Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel, Hugo van der Goes e Jan van Eyck ed anche il moderno Magritte: una magia che in lui è fatta di cultura, grande immaginazione e simbolismo.
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Wojtek Siudmak, 1942 | Fantasy painter
Wojtek Siudmak, an artist of polish origin, settled in France in 1966 and is considered one of the principal representatives of fantastic realism, like M.C. Escher, L. Fini and others.
He himself claims to be a fantastic hyperrealist, conscientiously putting his originality into relief.
L'amore ai tempi della Belle Èpoque | Sibilla Aleramo e Lina Poletti
Sibilla Aleramo, pseudonimo di Marta Felicina Faccio detta "Rina" (1876-1960), è stata una scrittrice, poetessa e giornalista Italiana.
È ricordata per il suo romanzo autobiografico "Una donna" (1901-1904) in cui dipinse la condizione femminile in Italia a cavallo fra il XIX ed il XX secolo.
Si tratta infatti di uno dei primi libri femministi apparsi in Italia.
Tamara de Lempicka | Les jeunes filles, 1930
Józef Chełmoński | Genre painter
Józef Marian Chełmoński (1849-1914) was a Polish painter of the realist school with roots in the historical and social context of the late Romantic period in partitioned Poland.
He is famous for monumental paintings now at the Sukiennice National Art Gallery in Kraków and at the MNW in Warsaw.
Chełmoński was born in the village of Boczki near Łowicz in central Congress Poland under the Russian military control.
His first drawing teacher was his father Józef Adam (a small leaseholder and administrator of Boczki village). His mother was Izabela née Łoskowska.
Marcin Jaszczak, 1975
Marcin Jaszczak is a Polish painter.
A graduate of Academy of Fine Arts in Łódź, where he studied at the faculty of Visual Education.
In 2013 he got a degree in painting studio under the supervision of Professor T. Chojnacki.
The author of individual exhibitions: Municipal Library in Tomaszów Mazowiecki (2007), Community Centre in Poddębice (2006).
Dominik Jasinski, 1981
Born in Rzeszow, Poland and currently based in Portugal, Dominik Jasinski, a painter, graphic designer and illustrator, graduated Warsaw Academy of Fine Arts (2006).
Jasinski cooperates with a number of companies, fashion designers and institutions (Empik, Reserved, Tatuum, Dagma Art, Wasowscy Publishing House, Dar Al Funoon Kuwait, Maestro Foundation, As Cmielow Porcelain Company, Confashions Kuwait).
His art work features in the centenary edition of British VOGUE.
Aga Osak | Magic realism painter
Polish painter and illustrator Aga Osak graduated from the Institute of Fine Arts at the University of Rzeszów.
Diploma in sculpture in the studio prof. Maria Górecka in 2009.
Graduated Active Art School of Theater Technique in Warsaw in 2011.
After graduation she was involved in theatrical scenery and theater costumes.
She also dealt with photography and stage design for photo shoots.
Currently she is focusing on painting.
Today she creates and paint magical stories from fantasy land based on Surrealism and Magic Realism.
She combines various painting techniques and styles and is looking for new means of expression.
Her painting is characterized by dynamics, expression, richness of color, details and symbols, with a mix of 3D elements and theater climate.
Aga Osak si è laureata all'Istituto di Belle Arti dell'Università di Rzeszów.
Diploma di scultura presso lo studio prof. Maria Gorecka nel 2009.
Diplomata alla Scuola d'Arte Attiva di Tecnica Teatrale di Varsavia nel 2011.
Dopo il diploma si è occupata di scenografie teatrali e costumi teatrali.
Si è occupata anche di fotografia e scenografia per set fotografici.
Attualmente si sta concentrando sulla pittura.
Oggi crea e dipinge storie magiche dal mondo fantastico basate sul surrealismo e sul realismo magico.
Combina varie tecniche e stili pittorici ed è alla ricerca di nuovi mezzi espressivi.
La sua pittura è caratterizzata da dinamica, espressione, ricchezza di colore, dettagli e simboli, con un mix di elementi 3D e clima teatrale.
Kesja Tabaczuk, 1989 | Figurative painter
Kesja Tabaczuk was born in Opole, Poland and is currently living in Oslo, Norway.
She started studying art as soon as she could.
At the age of 12, Kesja applied to a school of Art in her home city of Opole.
She passed the test of drawing and painting with full score at first try.
After 3 successful years she decided to continue studying art in "OSSP" high school in Opole.
Zygmunt Bauman | Amore liquido / Liquid Love
"Amore liquido: Sulla fragilità dei legami umani" è un libro del 2003 di Zygmunt Bauman (Sociologo e filosofo polacco, 1925-2017) che discute le relazioni umane nel mondo liquido moderno (postmoderno).
Il libro fa parte di una serie di libri scritti da Bauman, come Liquid Life e Liquid Times.
Joe Webb | Embrace blue
Wisława Szymborska | Un amore felice / True Love
Un amore felice. È normale?
È serio? È utile?
Che se ne fa il mondo di due esseri
che non vedono il mondo?
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