Free to Stay
“The cage door is open, and no one is using it as intended. One robin has already gone: it flies towards the tall window, wings spread wide, into the shaf…
€1,200 — Le Yack
“The cage door is open, and no one is using it as intended. One robin has already gone: it flies towards the tall window, wings spread wide, into the shaft of sunlight that cuts diagonally across the wall. The other has stayed on her index finger, turned the same way, without moving. She, in place of a face, wears a golden cage, empty, chased like a piece of jewellery; you can see the wall through the bars. The light comes in from the left, traces the window’s glazing bars on the golden parquet and dies away at her feet. The navy blue of the sleeves and the belt holds the figure upright amid all that grey. Look right at the top: the ceiling opens onto a blue sky and its white clouds, and th…
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