Monday, November 11, 2024

a glossary of terms ... a passing interest in the art of jeanne mammen led me to this glossary ... i have copied it from an exhibition catalogue ... i've always shied away from discussions of sexual politics because i am too apathetic to want to impose a view on anyone

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  jeanne mammen self 1926 ... thought to be a self-portrait of jeanne in the foreground, with her sister jeanne's most famous image ... ...
Friday, November 1, 2024

plastic policemen in tibet ...

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sometimes they make do with something more substantial ... more will come, as & when ...
Tuesday, October 29, 2024

SIR CHRISTOPHER WREN ... one of the most extraordinary architectural commissions EVER was the building of churches in London after the Great Fire ... in an extraordinary sequel, many of them had to be re-built after the Blitz in World War 2

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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Christopher_Wren_churches_in_London Wren took on the supervision of this project when he was thirty-...
Thursday, October 24, 2024

magritte's EMPIRE OF LIGHT paintings ... he painted many versions ... gonna have to put them in order ... and find some links to essays ...

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1953 or 1954 https://www.guggenheim.org/artwork/2594 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Empire_of_Light https://www.sfmoma.org/read/its-being...
Saturday, October 19, 2024

LAURIE LIPTON ... i feel compelled to begin a scrapbook of some of her pieces ... to be continued "as & when" ... i had glimpsed her work before, but had dismissed it as lurid sensationalism, at a glance ...

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The Fates https://vimeo.com/153092461 https://vimeo.com/179657268   etc, etc ... but prolifically ...
Friday, October 18, 2024

carlos relvas ... prolific glass-plate photographer, owner of the most wonderful studio ... free spirit, maybe

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDeR_2ggV9w https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Relvas ...  to be continued ... possibly, maybe ...