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Whatever happened to Hapi?
“Lord of the Fish and Birds of the Marshes” and “Lord of the River Bringing Vegetation”, Hapi is the Egyptian God of the Nile. He has one pendulous breast full of nourishment, as well as a pot-belly. He is God … Continue reading
Posted in art, Politics, Uncategorized
Tagged Hapi God of the Nile, Nubia, refugees, Sudan, the Nile
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Bracelli’s modern art – 1624
Bracelli’s Bizzarie di Varie Figure (1624) I have long maintained that art has its rivers that have been flowing through culture at all times, and my friend Roger Malbert just sent me the interesting link (above), posted by The Public … Continue reading
Posted in art
Tagged Bracelli, Francois Desprez, Rabelais, Renaissance modernism, the rivers of art
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An Inquiry into the Sublime
Walter de Maria Lightning Field 1977 This talk for Norfolk Contemporary Art Society in Norwich, Wednesday 2nd October, 2019, is in essence a much edited amalgam of two of my essays in Art and its Dark Side: the eight rivers … Continue reading
Publications by The Theatre of Mistakes
At last, we have managed to work out a way of creating a sales outlet for the seminal Publications of THE THEATRE OF MISTAKES Click this link for Publications by The Theatre of Mistakes My textbook The Analysis of … Continue reading
TACTILE, UNTOUCHABLE
Here is a new review for the Fortnightly Review – Tactile, Untouchable Looking at three stunning works of visual art on show in London just recently. I am dedicating this review here to the memory of Mary Maclean Another Review … Continue reading
A CHAPERONE
The monkeys are in among the mangoes. As for the lovely one, she is emerging from Under the trees, the trees laden with mangoes And monkeys. She’s ambling out of the grove Bearing the nail marks left by the … Continue reading
Posted in art, Poetry, Uncategorized
Tagged erotic Indian sculpture, India, Indian beauty, Khajuraho
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UNTITLED ABSTRACTIONS
Click this link for details of a new exhibition at The Room By Sadiq Toma. Wednesday 5th December 2018-Tuesday 5th February 2019 Private View – Tuesday 4th December 2018 6pm – 9pm
We Live in a Nuthouse
Brilliant piece in Hyperallergic. Click here for this Studs Terkel/Zero Mostel interview posted by Karen Schiff.
Posted in art, Essays, Performance Art
Tagged abstract expressionism, art criticism, CIA, Eugene Ionesco, Zero Mostel
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Charged Atmospheres
Charged Atmospheres – Alison Marchant A new exhibition at The Room – 33 Holcombe Road, London N17 9AS Sat 30 September – Sunday 12 November, 2017 Private View – Saturday 30 September from 6pm – 9.30pm. Alison Marchant presents … Continue reading
THE NEW BEAUTY
Click the link for THE NEW BEAUTY This is an essay published by The Fortnightly Review. For a complete list of links to other reviews of poets and my previous articles click here: The Fortnightly
Posted in art, Essays
Tagged art, beauty, Chris Burden, Damian Hirst, diamonds, Fifty Shades of Grey, Fortnightly Review, gold, Harry Potter, K Foundation, money, Peter Matthews
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