Souvenirs - Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun (ekphrasis series) language They are discreet

They are discreet

Because nature is not a hobby

including the Elea 9003 computer and the red plastic Valentine portable typewriter

Two artworks are placed in conversation with one another

in order to discover their unexpected potential

Souvenirs - Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun (ekphrasis series) language They are discreetA selection from the memoir of lisabeth Louise Vige Le Brun, the renowned eighteenth century French portraitist and one of the most important women painters in art history In her memoir, Vige Le Brun offers a candid and thoroughly enjoyable account of her life and art. She relates her encounters among the royalty and aristocracy she paintedincluding, most famously, her patron Marie Antoinetteand the effusive reception they extended to her across