TALLINN, ESTONIA: BRICKS & MORTAR

Published on May 20, 2022 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

Monument for The 1st Congress of Estonian Trade Unions
Artist: Aleksander Kaasik
Tallinn, Estonia 🇪🇪
13mar22

“Charles’s Church (Estonian: Kaarli kirik) is a Lutheran church. Built 1862–1870. It is Tallinn’s grandest 19th-century church.”
𝚠𝚑𝚎𝚛𝚎 𝚍𝚘𝚞𝚋𝚝 𝚑𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚜
Tallinn, Estonia 🇪🇪
13mar22

Name: Poisid Vihmavarjuga (English: Boys with an Umbrella)
🧑‍🎨: Mare Mikoff
Date: 1985 (original), 2008 (recasted statue)
Materials used: Bronze (statue) and marble (pedestal)
Location: Kanuti Park (near Mere Puiestee in old town Tallinn)
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Tallinn, Estonia 🇪🇪
13mar22

TARTU, ESTONIA 🇪🇪 STREET ART: OUT THERE

Published on March 14, 2022February 12, 2022 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

Father & Son sculpture: “Unveiled on Kuuni Street in Tartu on Child Protection Day on 1 June 2004, this bronze sculpture by Ulo Oun (1944-1988) is said by his widow Inara Oun to portray the sculptor himself with a child taking after their son Kristjan at the age of 18 months. The sculpture was created in 1977 before being cast in bronze in 1987. It was originally designed to be erected in Tallinn, but Tartu City Government bought the sculpture in autumn 2001.” https://www.thingstodopost.org/10-monuments-statues-in-tartu-county-that-you-shouldn-t-miss-500338

“𝒯𝒽𝑒𝓇𝑒 𝓌𝒶𝓈 𝒶𝓃 𝑒𝓂𝓅𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑒𝓈𝓈 𝒶𝒷𝑜𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒽𝑒𝒶𝓇𝓉 𝑜𝒻 𝓁𝒾𝒻𝑒; 𝒶𝓃 𝒶𝓉𝓉𝒾𝒸 𝓇𝑜𝑜𝓂.” ― 𝒱𝒾𝓇𝑔𝒾𝓃𝒾𝒶 𝒲𝑜𝑜𝓁𝒻 . 𝒯𝒶𝓇𝓉𝓊, 𝐸𝓈𝓉𝑜𝓃𝒾𝒶 🇪🇪 𝟣𝟧𝒿𝒶𝓃𝟤𝟤

15jan22 Tartu, Estonia 🇪🇪

BUDAPEST, HUNGARY: FREE

Published on September 11, 2017 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

“Seamstress/Sewing Love” by artist crew Neopaint. A tribute to typical Hungarian life. Address: Akácfa utca 41

My favorite word/concept in the entire universe. You can have your love. You can have your money. I need my freedom. Feeling it more acutely now than ever before. With what is happening in my country now and with what is happening all over the world in general, and with what has happened throughout history… The idea that human beings can be chained, controlled, devalued, abused … I am finally recognizing the cruel absurdity of it all. The deeper I go, the freer I become. The more objects/thoughts I release, the more of a minimalist I become. I own very few things and I hold on to very little of my past. Freedom. Everyone should be FREE.

My eyes see so much beauty in decay. This image has so much in it. Entrapment. A bit of an opening for a view. Tags from people who want to be seen by anyone and who want to live forever. Other tags/pieces worn away by Mother Nature and inevitable wear and tear of a building that once stood strong and had lots of life within it. Those were the days. And they aren’t coming back. So, let’s look at this as being new in its own way and see in it the beauty that it now possesses.

9sep17 Budapest, Hungary.

BUCHAREST, ROMANIA: MY OWN CONFUSION

Published on August 24, 2017 by jacquelinemhadel2 Comments

“I had nothing to offer anybody except my own confusion.” ~ Jack Kerouac

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20aug17 Bucharest, Romania

NEW YORK CITY STREET ART: MORPHOUS by LIONEL SMIT

Published on April 13, 2017April 13, 2017 by jacquelinemhadel1 Comment

This two-faced goddess by South African artist Lionel Smit, is located at Union Square in New York City.

5apr17. NYC.

TOULOUSE, FRANCE: FOLLOWED BY RECONSTRUCTIONS

Published on October 18, 2015 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

There is no vacuum in the human heart. Certain demolitions take place, and it is well that they do, but on condition that they are followed by reconstructions.”
― Victor Hugo, Les Misérables

17oct15. Toulouse, France.

TOULOUSE, FRANCE: LOVE BEAUTY, SEE LIGHT

Published on October 17, 2015October 17, 2015 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

“To love beauty is to see light.”
― Victor Hugo

16oct15. Toulouse, France.

PARIS, FRANCE: (LOUVRE) APHRODITE, known as VENUS DE MILO

Published on December 27, 2014October 12, 2020 by jacquelinemhadelLeave a comment

24dec14. Paris, France.

SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA STREET ART / SCULPTURE: “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER” by SEWARD JOHNSON

Published on March 11, 2013September 4, 2020 by jacquelinemhadel7 Comments

“Unconditional Surrender,” by Seward Johnson. Located at the San Diego Waterfront. Inspired by the spontaneous celebration at New York City’s Time Square in 1945, when Americans found out that WWII had ended.

10MAR13. San Diego, CA.