Posted on May 14, 2024 
by arslohgo
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What you see is what is depicted: an eye formed from a cloud formation, and the fusion of ‘Sky’ and ‘Eye’ to form ‘SKeye’. SKeye is rendered in German as “Himmelsauge” or “himmlisches Auge”. Skeye also is the name of an old rose species. The English ‘celestial eye’ evokes the original cover of Scott-Fitzgerald’s ‘The Great Gatsby’. And this cover is based on a painting by Francis Cugat, ‘Celestial Eyes’.
The photograph is of the sky over Callantsoog, North Holland, and the work is therefore part of the ‘Playing around with Callantsoog skies’ series. The SKY series explores the theme of “SKY” on three levels: visual, written, and sound.
[A] The combination of the background of the picture (the sky) and another visual object may evoke an (English) term that is ambiguous in German and thus “calls up a second theme”.
[B] In addition, this combination may result in a new subject or an invented word through an equally pronounced but differently spelled word combination, as well as through a differently pronounced but equally spelled word.
[C] Sometimes it is the title of the work that reveals the background and thematic association of the image.
[D] And in the one or other case it is just a modified photograph.