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Split is one of Croatia's bigger cities and has an interesting old town. We were able to see the majority of the sights in three quarters of a day's relaxed exploration and spent the remaining quarter drinking excellent Croatian coffee and beer.
Vacation photos from Croatia last summer. Here is another view of
Split as our ferry is pulling away from the dock.
(Split, Croatia - 2005)
"Jeff Koons, Split-Rocker (Orange/Red), 1999. Polychromed aluminum; 13 1/2 × 14 1/2 × 13 in. (34.3 × 36.8 × 33 cm). Collection of B. Z. and Michael Schwartz. ©Jeff Koons
Split-Rocker is a disjointed combination of two children’s rocking toys in the shapes of a horse and a dinosaur. The work is a very personal one for Koons, since the toy pony had belonged to his son Ludwig. The sculpture’s fractured nature contrasts with the bilateral symmetry of the Easyfun mirrors and can be interpreted in relation to the split Koons experienced from his child, and to his own tense psychological state at the time of its production. Additionally, the form evokes the constructions of Pablo Picasso, one of Koons’s artistic heroes. In 2000, Koons replicated Split-Rocker at enormous scale as a topiary sculpture reminiscent of his well-known floral Puppy from 1992." - Whitney Museum of American Art
Jeff Koons Exhibit: A Retrospective
The Split, Croatia railway station. After a long (5+ hour) and somewhat nauseating train trip, we have arrived in Split, only to find...no one there (just kidding)
Split Single opening to Wilco at the Riviera Theater in Chicago on 5 Dec 2014
More on Split Single: www.chicagonow.com/chicago-music-underground/2014/12/spli...
Photos from Wilco's set are here: www.chicagonow.com/chicago-music-underground/2014/12/wilc...