Jan Matulka, 1890-1972, American born Czech Republic. ?Whitney Museum of N. American Art, NY
it’s like a swallowtail
Swallowtail butterfly feeding on plox. Mt. Cuba Center, Hockessin, DE
and when the swallow flies it’s like a coat;
and if the coat is yours, it has a tear
like a wide mouth and when the mouth begins
to draw the wind, it’s like a trumpeter
and when the trumpet blows, it blows like millions
…
and this, my love, when millions come and go
beyond the need of us, is like a trick;
and when the trick begins, it’s like a toe
Tight-Rope Walker, c.1885, oil on canvas.
Jean-Louis Forain, 1852-1931, French. Art Institute of Chicago loan to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY in 2017
tip-toeing on a rope, which is like luck;
and when the luck begins, it’s like a wedding,
which is like love, which is like everything.
Railroaded, 2018, digital print mounted on aluminum.
Alison Walls (no other information). On display at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia in 2019 in a joint exhibition: Women’s Mobile Museum about the experience of women in exile.
