30 October 2007

Hopper's world ...












In Edward Hopper’s (1882-1967) world, everyone is lost in an unending rut of office overtime, rattling El trains, cheap fluorescent diners, and lonely matinees. Everything has fallen tensely quiet. And this anxious, itchy mood haunts even the urban landscapes — perhaps half his work — in which the only person around is you, the viewer. Here every man is an island.

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