Francis Bacon – Photographs, Painting, Destructive Criticism and More
“I’ve had photographs taken for portraits because I very much prefer working from the photographs than from them.”
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Deutsche Börse 2015, what’s the point?
This is an exhibition that strives to be down with the Zeitgeist, digging the first album; this is an exhibition that, like, totally gets it.
Interrogating The Notion of Documentary Truth: Stacy Kranitz – ‘As it was give(n) to me’
Stacy Kranitz ’s long-form photographic project As it was give(n) to me is a work that interrogates notions of documentary truth.
The Rolling Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” Lobby Cards (1970)
Scenes from Gimme Shelter, the 1970 documentary film directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwerin chronicling the last weeks of The Rolling Stones‘ 1969 US tour which culminated in the disastrous Altamont Free Concert. (All rights reserved. Images @ Maysles Films.)
Suzanne Perrottet: A Fragmentary Discourse of Bodies in Subtle and Grotesque Exertion
“Perrottet was an obsessive recorder of the physical possibilities of the human body, from its most subtle gestures to its most grotesque exertions”. By Eugenie Shinkle, ASX, May 2015 When dancer Suzanne Perrottet died in 1983, she left behind an extensive archive. Amongst the notes, letters, documents, and photographs were a number of banana […]
Jacob Holdt – Not Born in the USA, A Vagabond’s Views
Jacob Holdt would hitchhike over 100,000 miles through virtually every region of the United States without much more than his thumb.
The 1970’s Roller Skaters of “Sweetheart Roller Skating Rink”
Sweetheart Roller Skating Rink “I had just purchased a Yashica Mat at a pawnshop and as usual I was out riding around looking for something to shoot. I happened upon an old wooden structure built in the 30’s in rural southern Hillsborough County (Tampa, FL) – the sign read Sweetheart Roller Skating Rink. That […]
Bob Dylan in the Summer of ’64 – ‘Too Scruffy’ for LOOK Magazine
The story was never published. After reviewing the proposed layout, the editors declared Dylan to be “too scruffy for a family magazine” and killed the story.
‘Segregation Story’ by Gordon Parks Brings the Jim Crow South into Full Color View
Department Store, Mobile, Alabama, 1956 @ The Gordon Parks Foundation Ondria Tanner and Her Grandmother Window-shopping, Mobile, Alabama, 1956 @ The Gordon Parks Foundation Outside Looking In, Mobile, Alabama, 1956 @ The Gordon Parks Foundation Untitled. Mobile, Alabama, 1956 @ The Gordon Parks Foundation Untitled. Mobile, Alabama, 1956 @ The Gordon Parks Foundation At Segregated […]
Gritty 1980’s NYC and the Glorious Intuition of Richard Sandler
“Street photography is very difficult. The number of really good pictures that you get is very small in comparison to the number of pictures taken. You’re better off, I think, letting your intuition completely run wild… and even when you find yourself […]
Damien Hirst – For the Love of God
To accompany Tate Modern’s major survey of Damien Hirst’s work, the artist’s iconic diamond-covered skull ‘For the Love of God’ (2007) was shown in the Turbine Hall.
Hans-Peter Feldmann Interview: Advice to the Young
German artist Hans-Peter Feldmann advises young artists to always follow the path they themselves feel is the right one – however strange or fruitless it seems: “Chasing after false idols or role models is always a dead end.” Art isn’t about fame, but about carrying through your work and creating something that evokes some sort […]