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Shunga 1-6
SHUNGA 1 Over the bedspread His pipe is well-used, and he fills it again. You’re wearing a mantle over your gown Because he likes to enter the reserve, Searching here and there for its waterfall. x You have done up … Continue reading
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Tagged erotic art, erotic poetry, Japanese art, Japanese shunga, Shunga
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Two Sequences of Poems by David Plante
Two Sequences of Poems by David Plante I am proud to introduce these two sequences by David. He and Nikos Stangos were vital components of the London scene in the 60s and 70s – two people I would see as … Continue reading
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Tagged David Plante, Fire, Nikos Stangos, The Fortnightly Review, versions from Italian
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Madame Gautreau Drinking a Toast
Terrific article in Artsy about this restless sitter by Alina Cohen
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Tagged Alina Cohen, Artsy, John Singer Sargent, Madame Gautreau, Sante
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I Love Russia!
I love Russia. Wonderful people, wonderful dancers, wonderful minds. I am sickened by Western hate-propaganda instigated by the mass media and by our corrupt leaders. I recall with huge fondness my one performance in Russia: Homage to the Horses of … Continue reading
Posted in art, Dance, Performance Art, Politics
Tagged horses, Performance Art, Russia, the Manege Saint Petersburg
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Georges Braque: The Poetry of Things
Click here for my review of Georges Braque’s still lives. Bernard Jacobson Gallery, winter 21/22 Discussing the medium itself, together with my view of who might be the most significant still life artists of the 20th century. Braque is certainly … Continue reading
Posted in art, Essays
Tagged Bernard Jacobson Gallery, Georges Braque, Jane Freilicher, Morandi, painting, Pierre Reverdy, Still life, William Nicholson
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The Hump-Backed Bridge
THE HUMP-BACKED BRIDGE I was just six years old. My mother dropped me off at school in Caversham, and then I found my own way home by boarding the bus near Saint Peter’s Hill that would take me to its … Continue reading
Robert Janz
Robert Janz is dead. He was my friend, my mentor and one of the most original artists I have met. He understood the immortality of the ephemeral. He created kinetic sculpture by simply moving the units around – sticks, rugs … Continue reading
Posted in art, Performance Art
Tagged art on the streets of NY, ephemeral art, Robert Janz
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ART AND SELF – A New Show at the Room in Tottenham: Ian Bourn and Anthony Howell
ART AND SELF An exchange – Ian Bourn and Anthony Howell The Double-Mirrored Self and Self-Included Watercolours WEEKENDS THROUGH NOVEMBER FROM 10 AM – 8 PM Saturday 27 November – 4 pm – the artists are both also writers and will each … Continue reading
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Tagged Anthony Howell, art, Art and Self, Ian Bourn art, Ian Bourn installation, projection and installation, The Room in Tottenham
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The blog of Grey Suit Editions UK
Enjoy the blog of Grey Suit Editions UK New reviews of several of our publications, descriptions of our books, extracts and more. Grey Suit Editions began as a video magazine in the 1990s. This featured avant-garde performance art, poetry and … Continue reading
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Tagged Grey Suit Editions UK, Performance Art, poetry
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