“…a terrifying elderly woman, short and squat, with none of the Pattle grace and beauty about her, though more than her share of their passionate …
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Julia Margaret Cameron
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Guy Bourdin – Polaroids
Open any fashion magazine, and every time you see an editorial shoot or designer ad campaign starring a fantasy woman with porcelain skin, prone and …
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Philip Glass – Etudes and Other Work for Solo Piano
Through his operas, his symphonies, his compositions for his own ensemble, and his wide-ranging collaborations with artists ranging from Twyla Tharp to Allen Ginsberg, Woody …
Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui & The Shaolin Monks – Sutra
“Collaborations can bring out the best in artists working together from different disciplines. But Sutra, which reunites the Belgian choreographer Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui and the …
Taketeru Kudo 工藤丈輝
Butoh dance incorporates hyper-controlled body movements, grotesque yet beautiful imagery and at times taboo subject matter. Created by Tatsumi Hijikata and Kazuo Ohno in Japan after the …
Tadao Ando
“Here and there in his oeuvre there is a deliberate monotony and repetitiveness designed to induce stillness, timelessness and quietude. In such moments he is …
Yohji Yamamoto – Talking to Myself
“For some reason, I am moved by the female form, as seen from the side, or diagonally from behind. Like a feeling of waiting to …
René Daumal – Poetry Black, Poetry White
“As with magic, poetry is black or white, depending on whether it serves the sub-human or the superhuman. The same innate tendencies govern the machinery …
Günter Brus
REMARKS ON SELF-PAINTING* After my first action [Ana], I soon realised I would have to keep away for the time being from dynamic courses of …
Wim Wenders – Journey to Onomichi
I have always wondered where my favorite film (yes, of all times) Tokyo Story, (or Tokyo monogatari in Japanese) actually takes place, except in Tokyo …
Dr Ikkaku Ochi
In an inconspicuous wooden box that had long gone unopened, Akimitsu Naruyama discovered 365 photographs of people with congenital and pathological deformations. After looking at …
Yasujiro Ozu – Tokyo Monogatari
“Ozu’s method, like all poetic methods, is oblique. He does not confront emotion, he surprises it. Precisely, he restricts his vision in order to see …
Bill Cunningham New York
Richard Press’ documentary of Bill Cunningham examines the life of a man who has devoted his life’s energy to fashion; not merely a fashion photographer, …
Bill Henson, 2010
“We should be wary of governments and interest groups who try to impose restrictions on the free exercise of the artistic imagination. Our zeal to …
Narelle Benjamin – In Glass
Many dance works start with one great idea. Narelle Benjamin’s latest creation In Glass started with not one but two glorious dancers. “My first inspiration …