Originally published on the 22nd October 2013. Introduction In 1613 Captain John Saris brought back to England some “pictures” from
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La Graine et le Mulet (Couscous with Mullet): Food and Family Politics
Originally published on the 27th September 2011. Couscous with Mullet, or “The Secret of the Grain” is a movie of
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Daido Moriyama: Colors
Originally published on the 17th April 2016. I have written a post about Japanese photographer Daido Moriyama, in which all
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Daido Moriyama, Japanese Photographer: Poetry through the lens
Originally published on the 20th October 2012. In October 2012 I visited an exhibition of Daido Moriyama’s photographs in London’s
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1001 Ways to die (9) – Sylvia Plath, American, Poet, Novelist
Originally published on the 21st February 2012. … DyingIs an art, like everything else.I do it exceptionally well. I do
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Head of a Woman: Picasso’s interpretations of Fernande Olivier
Edited on the 4th September 2024. Originally published on 22nd April 2013. During a visit to Chicago in 2013, I
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Takashi Murakami: Mr Superflat in Palazzo Grassi, Venice
During a 2011 trip to Venice , I visited Palazzo Grassi’s exhibition “The World belongs to you” where I saw
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Harakiri School Girls: by Makoto Aida
“It is spirit, not painting” Makoto Aida Makoto Aida’s work “Harakiri School Girls” is a composition that recurs in the
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Thomas Schütte’s “Großer Geist Nr. 13”
Geist can mean zeitgeist, the Holy Spirit, a powerful mind, clergyman or ghost, and is used to describe the science
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Thomas Schutte’s “United Enemies”
Thomas Schutte is one of my favourite modern sculptors. Back in 2012 I visited his exhibition “Faces and Figures” in
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