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Beneath the shelter of an ancient presence, a human figure stands suspended between endurance and disappearance.
Her gaze turns inward, as if carrying a history that cannot be spoken.
The wall becomes more than a surface—it becomes a boundary between the visible world and the memory of what has been lived.
Perhaps existence is not defined by what we reveal,
but by the weight of everything we silently carry.
More historical alliteration than any modern existentialism.
Have we lost you there?
2 colours
A3 size screen print
with logo back print on nape
on ROYAL Gildan Soft Style shirt
When I see this photograph, I find myself feeling like I have walked into a scene from a movie where the walls whisper secrets, wanting to say,“These statues aren’t just marble, they are eavesdropping,” remembering how my high school teacher, Mr. Sharif, once said Socrates would have hated standardized testing, having the reaction that the old bearded guy looks like he’s about to lecture me on existentialism, wanting to ask, "Is this the room where History takes a nap?" When I explore this photograph, I think its message for me is that knowledge isn’t just in books, it’s in the air you breathe here, it makes me think about how every dusty shelf holds a story someone fought to tell, or my response to it is “I bet the ghosts here have better book recommendations than my librarian”, and I think this is probably because old libraries always feel like they are hiding a secret door to another dimension. If I were to title this photo, I would call it "Greek Busts of Knowledge." If this photo were to be able to teach me a lesson, it would be that even the wisest among us were once just curious kids, carved in stone or not. If I could give this photo as a gift to someone, I would give it to my tutor, Ms. Melissa, because of how she described this photo as something magical and magestic.
This photograph was created by Sorin Cerin as the original author and is dedicated to the public domain under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
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I, Sorin Cerin, hereby declare that I am the sole author and copyright owner of this photograph. The photograph was personally taken by me using a self-timer mechanism.
I hereby dedicate this work to the public domain and waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all copyright and related rights that I hold in the work worldwide under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
Accordingly, anyone may copy, reproduce, distribute, modify, adapt, publish, transmit, or otherwise use this work for any purpose, including commercial and non-commercial purposes, without requesting permission or providing attribution, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
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This photograph was created by Sorin Cerin as the original author and is dedicated to the public domain under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
archive.org/details/POZESorindana/page/n41/mode/2up
I, Sorin Cerin, hereby declare that I am the sole author and copyright owner of this photograph. The photograph was personally taken by me using a self-timer mechanism.
I hereby dedicate this work to the public domain and waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all copyright and related rights that I hold in the work worldwide under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
Accordingly, anyone may copy, reproduce, distribute, modify, adapt, publish, transmit, or otherwise use this work for any purpose, including commercial and non-commercial purposes, without requesting permission or providing attribution, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
The official author address of Sorin Cerin for identity confirmation is: sorincerin [at] gmail.com
More historical alliteration than any modern existentialism.
Have we lost you there?
2 colours
A3 size screen print
with logo back print on nape
on ROYAL Gildan Soft Style shirt
Caída de conciencia [Loss of Consciousness] - 1965
Jorge de la Vega (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1930–1971)
NATIONALITYArgentinean, South America
Jorge de la Vega relied on experimental techniques to generate an imaginary universe populated by monstrous beasts and distorted figures. The poetic title of this work is a pun on the common Spanish expression "toma de conciencia" [becoming aware]. It suggests that existence becomes conflicted by our inability to resolve the contradictions between gaining and losing awareness. De la Vega seems inspired by existentialism as he literally splits the self in two, using collaged linen to represent a male figure and its distorted double. This elongated image was created by rubbing linen directly over the wrinkled canvas. The resulting copy was then stretched and glued onto the surface of the work. The figure and his elongated doppelgänger float in close proximity, but their relationship remains unsettled.
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The Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas, Austin - April 17, 2026
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The Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art (often referred to as the Blanton or the BMA) at the University of Texas at Austin is one of the largest university art museums in the U.S. with 189,340 square feet devoted to temporary exhibitions, permanent collection galleries, storage, administrative offices, classrooms, a print study room, an auditorium, shop, and cafe. The Blanton's permanent collection consists of more than 22,000 works, with significant holdings of modern and contemporary art, Latin American art, Old Master paintings, and prints and drawings from Europe, the United States, and Latin America. In 2024, the Blanton was ranked by the Washington Post as one of the five best college art museums in the U.S., "thanks to its dynamic programs, commitment to research and public-facing engagement."
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The Blanton Museum of Art in Austin is highly rated as a clean,, and beautifully designed, world-class institution, frequently praised for its extensive Latin American, European, and modern collections, particularly Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin. Visitors find it a, manageable, family-friendly, and relaxing experience with engaging, and, occasionally, interactive, installations.
Guests enter the museum, located on the edge of The University of Texas' campus, through a series of archways. As you enter the lobby, the first thing you see is an installation in the two-story atrium: Reflective, acrylic panels in ombre shades of blue cover the walls and staircase to create a submerged-in-water feeling.
The collection is compact but does an excellent job covering numerous genres: early Renaissance paintings, Roman-era pottery, modern works housed in the contemporary gallery, a vast collection of prints, and Native American and Latin American works.
The collection is well-paced and not overwhelming. A small series of sculptures is housed in a round rotunda. Contemporary works are showcased in gleaming white gallery spaces; skylights brighten more traditional, hardwood-floored spaces lined with Italian paintings. There are rotating exhibits, sometimes from big names like Ellsworth Kelly or Andy Warhol, in video, photography, paper, and print.
The Blanton Museum of Art is a teaching museum, so there are always university students in the galleries. And though it's the largest museum in Austin, it's rarely crowded beyond travelers who know and appreciate art.
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A road rises toward an unseen horizon, suspended between presence and disappearance.
There is no destination, only the quiet tension of moving toward what cannot yet be known.
The empty landscape becomes a metaphor for existence itself—
a passage between what we are, what we were, and what remains beyond the visible.
This photograph was created by Sorin Cerin as the original author and is dedicated to the public domain under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
This image comes from this album:
archive.org/details/POZESorindana/page/n41/mode/2up
I, Sorin Cerin, hereby declare that I am the sole author and copyright owner of this photograph. The photograph was personally taken by me using a self-timer mechanism.
I hereby dedicate this work to the public domain and waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, all copyright and related rights that I hold in the work worldwide under the Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication.
Accordingly, anyone may copy, reproduce, distribute, modify, adapt, publish, transmit, or otherwise use this work for any purpose, including commercial and non-commercial purposes, without requesting permission or providing attribution, to the extent permitted by applicable law.
For identity confirmation and official author correspondence, the authorized email address of Sorin Cerin is:
sorincerin [at] gmail.com
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