there are very few ancient artifacts that make me more emotional than roman tombstones that thank the reader for stopping by and wish them well. there’s simply something so sweet and gentle to me about imagining a traveler stopping along the road to read someone’s final dedication and being sent away with the blessings of a thankful ghost
marcus caecilius: good luck and good health to you. sleep without a care.
German artist Monika Grzymala
describes her art as being more like drawing than installation works,
drawn with sticky tape which wraps and transforms the surrounding space.
“Whenever I leave a work, I feel as if I leave a part of me, a part of
my body behind,” she says, referring to the performative aspects of her
work, where creating each piece requires a physical effort on her part.
Her energy as the artist lends itself to the fluidity and dynamic
appearance of the tape, which seems to explode from the walls with
force.
