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A still from Matthew Barney’s Cremaster 5. Complex!
Not only did he paint a landscape, but he did so with a palate knife! I would have never guessed this painting to have been by Paul Gauguin. The style we learn to be associated with his work is flat, 2-dimensional, saturated colour. This painting has the turbulence of Van Gogh, and the light of Corot and the composition that Cézanne has applied. But it’s Gauguin!
La Fragola (muddled strawberries, prosecco, gin, mint)
“War in Lebanon – Between July 12 and August 14, 2006, a major military confrontation took place between Hizbullah and Israel, following the capture of two Israeli soldiers and the killing of others by Hizbullah, in a raid across the border between Israel and Lebanon. After attacks by both parties, hundreds of thousands of civilians in Israel and Lebanon were displaced. “
Photo editors: Hugh Pinney & Pancho Bernasconi / Getty Images
Nan Goldin’s portrait of Kiki Smith.
“Artists have got to get back to studying art history and doing emotionally engaged art. Get over that tired postmodern cynical irony and hip posing, which is such an affliction in the downtown urban elite. We need an artistic and cultural revival. Back to basics!”
From an interview by Kerry Lauerman with Camile Paglia on Salon.com, about her new book at the time (2005). I don’t usually agree with Ms Paglia, but I’m with her 100% on that statement.
Camilla Akrans: one of my favourite contemporary photographers today. It’s not easy to direct a model to embody the combined feeling of a garment and the location. This quality, is Camila’s talent.
