Art

Still, Someone Is Awake

by Tobias Magnusson

Still, Someone Is Awake by Tobias Magnusson

A white cup sits at the edge of a dark tabletop, overlooking a row of black buildings punctuated by illuminated windows. A radiator fills the foreground, while broad patches of white and grey divide the composition. The rough, scratched textures and sharp contrasts give the familiar domestic scene a worn, almost dreamlike quality, blurring the boundary between the room and the city beyond.


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