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Oil on canvas

 

A solitary hunter, dead goose over his shoulder and gun in hand, contemplates the titanic force of the sea along the frozen Maine coast. With the flick of his brush and a stark palette of earthen tones, Homer conveys the elemental relationship between humankind and 'wild nature' that remained his primary subject throughout the 1890s.

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Taken in the Exhibition

  

Winslow Homer: Force of Nature

(September 2022 – January 2023)

 

[A]n overview of Winslow Homer (1836–1910), the great American Realist painter who confronted the leading issues facing the United States, and its relationship with both Europe and the Caribbean world, in the final decades of the 19th century.

Homer’s career spanned a turning point in North American history. He lived through the American Civil War and the abolition of slavery, so-called Reconstruction, and war with the last colonial European power in the Americas, Spain.

From his sketches of battle and camp life, to dazzling tropical views and darker restless seascapes, the works reflect Homer’s interest in the pressing issues of his time; conflict, race, and the relationship between humankind and the environment – issues still relevant for us today.

After the war, Homer’s subject became the lives of Americans in the wake of the war and abolition with a focus on the lives of formerly enslaved African Americans.

Homer travelled to France, England, the Bahamas, Cuba and Bermuda. In England, he painted scenes of heroism and resilience that he saw while staying in Cullercoats, a town on the North East coast. In the Caribbean, his paintings became more vivid as he painted the transparent turquoise waters and lush vegetation. His interest in conflict remained constant and he often explored the issue through painting the life and struggles of Black people.

With more than fifty paintings, covering over forty years of Homer’s career, 'Winslow Homer: Force of Nature' is part of a programme of exhibitions that introduce major American artists to a UK and European audience and follows on from our exhibitions about George Bellows and the Ashcan painters, Frederic Church and Thomas Cole.

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A view of a room at the Maropeng Hotel in the Cradle of Humankind.

 

Prints Available

14" X 18"

Digital Photomontage

2014

 

The Mandrill Series is inspired humankind's propensity to enslave and exploit for our own benefit.

Excursion to the Cradle of Humankind, organised by Verney College for matrics and grade 11s

Humankind's collective memory starts with imagery: we are still amazed in those prehistoric caves. Mammoth herds, Hands, Bears are looking upon us, only accessible testimony of that age! Writing came much later with various religions and their priests. It was the privilege of the elite, a carefully kept secret – a mysterious language known only to the chosen. Masses were still enlightened through colorful paintings, music, dances and speeches. Spoken Stories became Heard Tales, and later Mythology.

 

We have to thank the Egyptian clerics and the Greeks for preserving a bit of that oral knowledge in a written form. We have to thank them also for gathering knowledge from beyond their country and their time. Without those written records, who would remember Atlantis, Trojan wars, Alexander the Great expeditions, the Code of Hammurabi, etc? I’m still wondering where our world would be without that breakthrough. Would the computer or the camera even exist?

 

Writing became really recently (20th century I think) a common knowledge. The amount of analphabets has dramatically decreased over the last century. But it is still a large factor of exclusion in our modern world both when examining the global country development and domestic social impacts. In that light, my belief in the importance of literature and literacy is stronger: it’s such a factor of emancipation!

Expo 2000 Hanover GERMANY --theme = HUMANKIND / NATURE / TECHNOLOGY

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EXPO 2010年 Weltausstellung 上海世界博览会 Shànghǎi shìjiè bólǎnhuì

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the biggest EXPO GROUP on flickr

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Über Weltausstellungen / EXPOS-exklusiv-Expositions / World's Fairs

Alle Weltausstellungen von 1851 bis heute

All expos and world’s fairs from 1851 till today

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Hier sind Fotos und Videos zu sehen vom Beginn der Idee einer

Weltausstellung 1851 in London bis heute 2010 in Shanghai.

 

2012 in Suedkorea, 2015 in Italien.....

 

Diese einmalige Idee das eigene Land der ganzen Welt zu praesentieren und gleichzeitig , die ganze Welt auf einigen

Quadratkilometern zu besuchen, ist einzigartig und zu bewundern.

 

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Expositions / World's Fairs

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here you can be seen photographic pictures from all expositions

and world's fairs. from 1851 in london till today 2010 in shanghai.

 

this unique idea, to show your own country to the whole world and

at the same time you can visit the world on few square kilometers,

that is great and wonderful.

 

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2012 in south korea, 2015 in italy....

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die weltausstellung findet im jahre 2010 in der aufstrebenen metropole shanghai statt .

shanghai hat mittlerweile ueber 18 millionen registrierte einwohner.

 

Die bedeutung der grossen veranstaltung ist sehr wichtig und alles laeuft auf vollen touren.

 

Das motto der weltausstellung heisst “bessere stadt, besseres leben” . ein schoeneres leben fuer die in shanghai in einer sauberen umwelt.

 

Die umgebung von ca. 5,28 quadratkilometern, werden die veranstaltung abdecken

 

Dauer

01.mai bis zum 31.oktober 2010

 

erwartete besucherzahl

70.000.000 aus dem aus-und inland

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the world fair takes place in the year 2010 in the ongoing metropolis shanghai. shanghai meanwhile registered inhabitants have over 18 million. The meaning of the large meeting is very important and everything runs on full routes. The slogan of the world fair is called “better city, better lives”. a more beautiful live for in shanghai in a clean environment. The environment of approx. 5.28 square kilometers, the meeting will cover Duration 01. May up to the 31.oktober 2010 expected number of visitors 70.000.000 from foreign coutries and domestics

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Excursion to the Cradle of Humankind, organised by Verney College for matrics and grade 11s

 

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INOCULATION ETERNITY is a story about a place called Eternity. It is my imagination about what life might have been like before humankind ever existed. We all have this hope that when we die we go to a perfect place called Heaven. In this book I paint a picture of a similar place where there is no time, sickness or war. Its essence beholds perfection and pure happiness. The entire story evolves around the life of Archangel Lucifer, who is the Master of Ceremony for the Gathering.

 

The Gathering could be likened to a church service, but far greater. Its purpose is to recharge everyone's spirit in what I reference in the book as life's resurgence. Everything was perfect until something happens at the latest Gathering service. This something has to do with Lucifer. It begins a wind of change that rocks the core of Eternity and everyone's existence. You will witness how Lucifer's unleashed emotions assimilate negative potential. As the story progresses, readers will witness how many of Eternity's inhabitants who are witnessing the changes, become determined to understand what is happening. Amongst them evolves a certain sect of creatures who begin to enjoy their newfound knowledge. Different sensations are experienced as new emotions surface, which were hidden from them since the beginning of their existence.

 

Gabriel, who is another principal character is one determined to understand what is happening. Prior to these dysphonic eruptions everything was all good. Now another realm appears on the horizon. His concern for Lucifer and scientific interests beckon him to go in search of a remedy.

 

Ancient of Days' is my version of God. He is the center of all moral consciousness and the animator for life. He doesn't even attempt to explain what is happening or what has caused the eruption in the first place. Some begin to wonder why. His expression of love for His creation is to stand back and allow them the freedom to choose their own destiny. It is His desire that they trust Him. He encourages them to govern themselves. He lends them support and intervenes only when it is absolutely necessary. With an infinite space ahead of them, He is in no hurry to stop what appears to be a disaster.

  

Erasmus Darwin Museum.

 

Visitors invited to pose in the Sedan Chair.

Inside the Maropeng Hotel in the Cradle of Humankind.

 

Last Day in S.A. - Cradle of Humankind in Maropeng, South Africa. Pictures from the Cradle of Humankind "Museum"

Every year on 18 April, The humankind celebrates the “International Day for Monuments and Sites”, which was approved by the 22nd UNESCO General Conference in 1983.

The International Day aims to encourage visiting Monuments and Sites in local communities and individuals throughout the world to consider the importance of cultural heritage to their lives, identities, promoting awareness of how to protect and conserve the antiquities.

According to UNESCO World Heritage list, there are 981 monuments; Egypt in this list has 7 sites:

Abu Mena

Ancient Thebes with its Necropolis

Historic Cairo

Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur

Nubian Monuments from Abu Simbel to Philae

Saint Catherine Area

Wadi Al-Hitan (Whale Valley)

The photos show Memphis and its Necropolis – the Pyramid Fields from Giza to Dahshur, precisely The Pyramid of Djoser (or Zoser), or step pyramid which is located in the Saqqara necropolis. It was built during the 27th century BC for the burial of Pharaoh Djoser. Zoser Pyramid is considered the first Egyptian pyramid consisted of six mastabas built atop one another in what were clearly revisions and developments of the original plan.

A room at the Maropeng hotel in the Cradle of Humankind.

 

Swartkrans, one of the richest fossil sites in the Cradle of Humankind, South Africa.

 

More visitors to the same NGS open garden.

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