A daily aesthetic promenade: Is "Nature Morte" dead ?

Everyday objects have always been a source of inspiration for artists. From the Flemish painters of the Renaissance to Morandi in the 20th century still life painters have found the essential beauty in ordinary objects. With modern art the most common objects have become a kind of obsession. These are no longer the essence of beauty but rather the ugly evidence of the consumer society.


Ricard Hamilton, 2008 Since the late 1980s Bethan Huws (born 1961, Bangor, Wales, UK ) has produced a wide ranging body of work that is acclaimed by the modern art world.	Hotel Dry Cleaning, 1998 Jason Dodge was born in 1969 in Newton, Pennsylvania, USA. He lives and works in New York and Berlin. For Dominic Eichler of Frieze Magazine "he is a clever imitator, an expert illusionist with the sharp eye and deft hands common to conjurors"

Apolinere, 2008 "Unique work" by Bethan Huws	Left Glove Burnt By Gold, 2008 Jason Dodge


Shoes, 2006 Marius Engh	Pair, 2004/2005 Hreinn Fridfinnsson (1943-) Hreinn Fridfinnsson is one of the leading classics of Icelandic conceptual art.
	At a time when sport shoes are more and more the shoes of choice, leather is the symbol of conservatism or coquetterie.
Wicked Witch of West Shoes, 1999 Wonderful Boots Stan Dann Stan Dann is an artist from San Francisco, CA

But you know as nobody has ever been able to give a commonly accepted definition of art, there is room for anyone who sees himself as an artist. And fortunately for some people (like me) there still exist artists in the tradition of Chardin or Morandi.

Morandi