Sophie

January 7, 2017 by gaby in Hannover and tagged 1974, art, big, black, blue, city, cold, dark, famous, flowers, freezing, green, iPhone, Leine, Leineufer, light, moon, moonshine, Nana, Nici de Saint Phalle, night, night sky, painted, polyester, purple, red, reflections, river, sculpture, Skulpturenmeile, tall, trees, wall, water, white, winter, yellow | 3 Comments

One of Nici de Saint Phalle’s famous Nanas: ‘Sophie’ (1974).

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Stargazer

June 23, 2016 by gaby in Hannover and tagged arrow, art, artwork, blue, cosmos, gold, Great Garden, green, Großer Garten, Henri Matisse, Herrenhausen, Herrenhäuser Gärten, iPhone, light, mosaic, Nici de Saint Phalle, night, orange, patchwork, red, reflections, shapes, shooting star, stars, triangles, tribute, woman, yellow | Leave a comment

‘The Night and the Cosmos’, a tribute to Henri Matisse. Niki de Saint Phalle grotto, Great Garden, Hannover-Herrenhausen.

Parallel universe

January 22, 2015 by gaby in Washington D.C. and tagged abstract, Ad astra, art, artist, geometric, geometry, glass, gold, gray, grey, happy new year, Jefferson Drive, light, lines, metal, National Air and Space Museum, National Mall, needle, new year, parallel, pyramids, rectangles, reflections, Richard Lippold, sculptor, sculpture, Smithsonian, Smithsonian Institution, space, space-time continuum, spikes, spiky, stainless steel, stars, stone, thanks, to the stars, windows | 4 Comments

Happy New Year my dear followers!
I’m still alive and still taking pictures, but the space-time continuum must have had a tear because all of a sudden it’s 2015 already. In other words: I’ve been and will be busy but I’ll try to at least occasionally post new photos. Thanks to all of you who have not given up on me and are still following.

Aerial

August 25, 2014 by gaby in Somerville and tagged art, blue, bright, cable, clouds, cutout, lamp, lamppost, leaves, light, metal, number, roots, schematic, sign, sky, summer, sun, sunlight, sunny, tree, unknown artist, white, yellow | Leave a comment

DSCN5954 A sunny day in Somerville 🙂

Skate border

July 27, 2014 by gaby in Dorchester and tagged afternoon, art, concrete, edge, Edward Everett Square, ground, leaf, light, maple leaf, metal, Nexus 5, protection, sand, shadows, silver, skateboarder, stone, summer, sun, sunlight | 4 Comments

2014-07-27 Those metal maple leaves actually are a ‘skate border’ to protect the grounds from skateboarders. Who would have guessed that?

Allrounder

March 28, 2014 by gaby in Cambridge and tagged aluminum, art, arts on the line, B minor, engraved, hammers, instrument, Kendall Band, Kendall Square, math, mathematics, MBTA, metal, metal tubes, music, musical instrument, Paul Matisse, Pythagoras, Pythagorean theorem, sculptor, sculpture, steel, teak, tubular bells, tuned, unique | Leave a comment

² DSCN7149

Everyone knows a² + b² = c² but did you know that Pythagoras is a unique playable musical instrument?

Singles

March 13, 2014 by gaby in Cambridge and tagged art, black, bronze, brown, cold, commuter rail, concrete, corner, Glove Cycle, gloves, items, lost, Mags Harries, MBTA, mittens, objects, pile, Porter Square, sculptor, sculpture, station, stone, tiles, winter | 5 Comments

2014-03-13

Hope everyone on the East Coast had a pair of gloves today…