<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[shape+colour]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[Jeremy]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/author/shapeandcolour/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[nathan coley.]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p>I love these huge text installations by UK artist <a href="http://www.doggerfisher.com/artists/artistdetail.php?id=47&amp;current=0&amp;imagecount=41"><span style="color:#00ccff;">Nathan Coley</span></a>. To me the messages are not necessarily positive or negative, but the clever juxtaposition is both visual and textual; we&#8217;re used to seeing these blazing marquee lights advertising spectacles that will make us happy. But which, in a way, are also escapist form out daily lives. So this is how it would feel when these same shining lights don&#8217;t bring us necessarily bring us entertainment and excitement, but point us back into the greatest questions of our lives. And perhaps once we&#8217;re there and the answers aren&#8217;t so easy, we&#8217;re left listless and questioning&#8230;</p>
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<p><a href="https://shapeandcolour.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/coley31.jpg"><img loading="lazy" data-attachment-id="1539" data-permalink="https://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/2008/09/05/nathan-coley/coley31/" data-orig-file="https://shapeandcolour.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/coley31.jpg" data-orig-size="500,394" data-comments-opened="1" data-image-meta="{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}" data-image-title="coley31" data-image-description="" data-image-caption="" data-medium-file="https://shapeandcolour.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/coley31.jpg?w=300" data-large-file="https://shapeandcolour.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/coley31.jpg?w=500" class="alignnone size-full wp-image-1539" title="coley31" src="https://shapeandcolour.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/coley31.jpg?w=500&#038;h=394" alt="" width="500" height="394" srcset="https://shapeandcolour.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/coley31.jpg 500w, https://shapeandcolour.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/coley31.jpg?w=122&amp;h=96 122w, https://shapeandcolour.files.wordpress.com/2008/09/coley31.jpg?w=300&amp;h=236 300w" sizes="(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px" /></a></p>
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