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Sound of Silence, Charles White
The young black man wears a cream bomber jacket, and his arms are outstretched, like he’s carrying a great, invisible weight. His strong hands create a protected space, where a conch shell as big as his head floats at chest level. It’s an otherworldly image, less surrealist dreamscape and more a religious icon, the man’s natural hairstyle evoking a saint’s halo. read more
The Etruscans, 400BCE
Chimera of Arezzo
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Toyen
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Sascha Schneider, 1904
Hypnosis
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