Tuesday, May 4, 2010

The woman on the wall

This trompe l'oeil statue 'stands' on a wall at the lower end of Skadarlija, a street that makes up most of Belgrade's bohemian quarter. She appears to be decked out in grapes, but roof you see here that she's overlooking is part of a well-known beer garden.

7 comments:

Luis Gomez said...

Very nice image. Like the perspective.

Olivier said...

Waouhh superbe ce trompe l'œil, c'est un très beau travail, bravo à l'artiste

Thérèse said...

Incroyable le trompe l'oeil!
Une des femmes de Bacchus?

Anonymous said...

Skadarlija - one of my favorite streets in the world.
I have to say, Bibi, I wish I could change cities with you for a while!

Suburban Girl said...

Is she trying to add some class to the beer garden? LOL.

Daryl said...

So those are hops she's holding?

Alexa said...

I see she was put up there in 1992—so does she predate the beer garden or did Rebecca have the right idea?

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