She Reads to Avoid the World
“Usually my figures look elsewhere. This one looks up, and that is the whole problem: we do not know whether she saw us coming or is waiting for us to lea…
€2,400 — Le Yack
“Usually my figures look elsewhere. This one looks up, and that is the whole problem: we do not know whether she saw us coming or is waiting for us to leave. I spent a long time on the glasses. As long as you cannot see the eyes, the book matters more than we do. The book I wanted open and legible. La Promesse de l’aube: a man telling the story of his mother. I wanted what she is reading to be older than her, older than the villa and the pool. The sky turns pink, the water still holds the blue. It is the hour when people go in. Not her. She has found a reason to stay outside, and I am not sure it is the book.” A nude woman stands at the edge of a swimming pool, an open book before her. She …
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