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29 Mar 2014

In Defence of Gwyneth Paltrow

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The question is not why so many people find Gwyneth Paltrow irritating, but why so many people hate her with such violent and shame...

Hello Dolly: On the Life and Work of Hans Bellmer

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Hans Bellmer: Die Puppe (1936) Despite the recent creations of the Chapman Brothers in this line, it seems to me that th...
28 Mar 2014

Four Legs Good: In Memory of Lisa Bufano

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Lisa Bufano (1972 - 2013)  Photo by Gerhard Aba www.lisabufano.com Part Queen Anne table, part Louise Bourgeois spider, part ...
26 Mar 2014

On the Need for a New Enlightenment

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"One should never miss an opportunity to celebrate the Enlightenment ..."  Christopher Hitchens   What is Enlightenme...
25 Mar 2014

All Hail the New Flesh! (On D. H. Lawrence's Impure Pictures)

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D. H. Lawrence: The Rape of the Sabine Women (1928) D. H. Lawrence's great faith is in the flesh, to which he makes an insist...
21 Mar 2014

The Omphalos Hypothesis

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The Omphalos hypothesis - named after the title of a mid-19th century work written by Philip Henry Gosse which proposed, in keep...
20 Mar 2014

Fascism May Be Fascinating, But Do Not Become Enamoured of Power

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Designed by Hugo Boss, who was an active party member and not simply a collaborator with the Nazi regime, the SS uniform was,...
17 Mar 2014

The Joy of Hypertext

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Hypertext Book Sculpture by Stephen Doyle Why is it that people enjoy surfing between channels on TV and endlessly playing with ...
15 Mar 2014

Lady Chatterley's Body

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Photo of Kate Moss by Tim Walker for Love Magazine , issue 9 (S/S, 2013) According to a recent tweet from Lawrence...
12 Mar 2014

On the Myth of Atlas

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  Atlas , by Lee Lawrie (1937) One of the most depressing and hateful works of art in the world is Lee Lawrie's seven ton, four-s...