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5 Dec 2024

A Sprig of Holly: Notes on Gibbeting (with Reference to the Case of Tom Jenkyn)

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Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827): A Gibbet (detail)  Undated watercolor and ink on paper (36 x 27.5 cm) Yale Center for British Art     I...
2 Dec 2024

Reflections on Seeing a Magpie

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Mick Robertson and Jenny Hanley on set of the Thames TV show Magpie (c. 1977)     I.    Whenever I see a magpie, I think of the ornithomant...
28 Nov 2024

A Tale of Two Polar Bears: Dominic Harris Contra Heide Hatry

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  Dominic Harris: Polar Bear from the series Arctic Souls (2023) Code, electronics, LCD screen, sensors, aluminium  65 (W) x 106 (H) x 12 ...
26 Nov 2024

Becoming-Robot With Nam June Paik

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Nam June Paik: Robot (1990)  Mixed metal with lightbulb  55 x 12 cm   shaperomodern.com     I.    Last week, as mentioned in a recent post ...
25 Nov 2024

You Don't Have to Be Yayoi Kusama to Make Pumpkin Art

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1: Portrait of a Pumpkin 2: Sorry Cinderella - It Looks Like You're Gonna Be Walking Home   Stephen Alexander (2024)   Last week, on a f...
22 Nov 2024

Just Do It: Notes on Incitement with Reference to the Case of Danvers Vs de Winter

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Joan Fontaine as Mrs de Winter and Judith Anderson  as Mrs Danvers in Hitchcock's Rebecca (1940) [a]     I.    As a provocateur, I'...
19 Nov 2024

Memories of Manderley 2: On Pyrexia and Obsessive Love Disorder

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Mrs Danvers (Judith Anderson) displays the see-through nature  of Rebecca's nightdress to the new Mrs de Winter (Joan Fontaine)  in Rebe...
18 Nov 2024

Memories of Manderley 1: On Natural Chaos and Maxim de Winter's Floraphilia

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Top: Manderley in ruins (chaos reigns) Bottom: Maxim de Winter (uxoricide and floraphile)     I.    Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley ...
15 Nov 2024

Remembering Soho with Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin

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Serge Gainsbourg and Jane Birkin  strolling round Soho in 1977     I.    There are two main reasons why I love this photo.  Firstly, it feat...
13 Nov 2024

Marlene Dumas: Mourning Marsyas (2024)

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I.    Regular readers will recall that back in April of this year, I went along to the Horse Hospital to view the overtly political artwork ...