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Daniel Spoerri, “Prose Poems” (1959-1960)

Spoerri called his relief works tableaux-pièges (picture-traps), because they involved fixing or ‘snaring’ objects found in chance positions on table tops or in drawers. These were hung vertically on a wall, like conventional pictures, and were intended to create visual discomfort in the viewer. In this work, the remains of a meal are preserved on a wooden board that the artist used as a table while living in a small room in a Paris hotel. The title derives from the book by the Swiss poet Robert Walser (Dichtungen in Prosa, or ‘Poems in Prose’).

- Tate

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A very bohemian meal at a Paris hotel, preserved forever. So fascinating!

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"Trees bared to winter's touch/ By winter's breath laid bare/ Leaves whisper of winter's heart / Of winter's heart they share." -The Winter Tale, Frederick Weyer m. Read more poetry and see new paintings by Eric G. Thompson at our opening tomorrow! #art #winter #seasons #poems #poet #artgallery #gallerylife #canyonroad #canyongram #santafe #santafenm #newmexico #newmexicogram #newmexicolove #newmexicotrue #citydifferent #okeeffecountry #landofenchantment #505 #nm #santafenewmexico (at Matthews Gallery)

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Words and images.

Eric G. Thompson's 'Strong Bones' and Emily Dickinson's 'I dwell in Possibility — (466)'

I dwell in Possibility — (466) Emily Dickinson

I dwell in Possibility — A fairer House than Prose — More numerous of Windows — Superior — for Doors —

Of Chambers as the Cedars — Impregnable of eye —And for an everlasting Roof The Gambrels of the Sky —

Of Visitors — the fairest — For Occupation — This —The spreading wide my narrow Hands — To gather Paradise —

See more pairings of paintings and poetry here.