<span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;">"To accept civilization as it is practically means <span style="font-weight: bold;">accepting decay</span>."</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">George Orwell...</span></span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">vs</span><br />"Most art is fragile and some should be placed and <span style="font-weight: bold;">never</span> moved<span style="font-weight: bold;"> again</span>."</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">- Donald Judd</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">vs</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">"I wanted you <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">to feel the same</span></span>"</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">- Radio Dept,</span> <span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">and</span> <a href="http://youhavebeenheresometime.blogspot.com/2011/06/i-wanted-you-to-feel-same-but-i-want.html" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">again here..</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6123/6005373399_f42f6a82fd_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6123/6005373399_f42f6a82fd_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 704px; height: 446px;" /></a><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6007/6005378425_ba7213618a_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6007/6005378425_ba7213618a_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 698px; height: 455px;" /></a><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6121/6006024738_3ea13d60bb_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6121/6006024738_3ea13d60bb_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 700px; height: 410px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">images:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">1. Pushkin Palaces and Parks:</span></span> <span style="font-style: italic;">"A study of the Russian Baroque style found in Pushkin, complete with full-page color photographs throughout."</span>... <a href="http://www.royalbooks.com/details.php?record=122863&URLPAIR=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.royalbooks.com%2FrecentArrivals.php%3Faction%3Drecarr%26kwconj%3Dand%26categories%3DRecent%252BArrivals%26category_id%3D0%26priceStart%3D75.00%26orderBy%3Dauthor%26recordsLength%3D100%26want_id%3D0%26store_id%3D0%26elid%3D0%26browseLetter%3D%26numberRecords%3D189%26recordStart%3D100%26nextStart%3D201%26prevStart%3D0%26thisStart%3D101%26thisEnd%3D200%26p%3D2%26fp%3D1" style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">buy this book here...</a><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">via Royal Books...</span><br /><br />2. Ilya Kabakov at <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Chinati Foundation</span>.</span>.<a href="http://www.chinati.org/" style="font-weight: bold;"> more here...</a> " The Chinati Foundation/La Fundación Chinati is a contemporary art museum based upon the ideas of its founder, Donald Judd. The specific intention of Chinati is to preserve and present to the public permanent large-scale installations by a limited number of artists. <span style="color: rgb(0, 51, 51);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">The emphasis is on works in which art and the surrounding landscape are inextricably linked.</span></span><br /><br />As <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Donald Judd</span></span> wrote in the foundation's catalogue: " It takes a great deal of time and thought to install work carefully. This should not always be thrown away. Most art is fragile and some should be placed and never moved again. Somewhere a portion of contemporary art has to exist as an example of what the art and its context were meant to be. Somewhere, just as the platinum iridium meter guarantees the tape measure, a strict measure must exist for the art of this time and place."<br /><br />3. images<span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> 1 + 2</span></span> combined.... <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(192, 192, 192);"> "i wanted you to feel the same"</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;">thanks <span style="font-size:130%;"><a href="http://jasonirla.com/index.html" style="font-weight: bold;">Jason Irla</a></span> for images from the Pushkin book....<br /><br /></span>"The town of Pushkin (formerly Tsarskoye Selo), just outside St Petersburg, has a marvelous ensemble of palaces and parks. It is particularly famous for its impressive<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> baroque Catherine Palace</span></span> where Catherine the Great lived and died. The palace was almost totally destroyed during World War II, but<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> has risen like a phoenix from the ashes due to the unparalleled restoration effort undertaken since the war.</span></span>"<span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />------------<br /></span>

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