STARRY SKY, ATTEMPT Wenzel Hablik

“Against a backdrop of deepest midnight, celestial bodies pulse and throb with impossible colors. Crimson planets hang like ripe fruit, violet nebulae swirl like smoke, and countless stars burn in constellations of gold, azure and white. Planets hang at eye level, stars cluster and swarm like bees, and the very fabric of space seems encrusted with crystalline light. In Starry Sky, Attempt 1909), this visionary Czech artist transforms the cosmos into a pulsing, living thing and what he achieves here makes the word ‘attempt’ in his title seem almost comically modest.”

Blue lotus, cold mineral musk, and champaca with sparkles of frozen lemon peel.