TRENT PARKE
Marcus Leatherdale’s portraits captured figures that defined downtown in the 1980s. Looking back, they still convey the mythology and melodrama of the time.
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A gallery of pastels by artist Alan Larkin, winner of the Pastel Journal Founder's Award in the 17th Annual Pastel 100 Competition
Photography is a generous, abundant medium and Parke is a voracious photographer. By Geoff Dyer I was introduced to the work of Trent Parke (born in Australia in 1971, a member of Magnum since 2007) by a mutual friend, the photographer, Matt Stuart. He showed me two books by Parke, both sel
Thatcher was out, the false promises of Blair’s lying and callous maw was in. The 80's and 90’s were different.
“I think something is amiss or awry with every photograph. What I’ve consistently tried to do is exploit those disjointed qualities and bring them to the surface”
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"Since I became director in October 2014, I followed the emphasis on quality, but also started showing exhibitions that relate more to cultural matters, such as fashion, history and biography, among others”. Nanda van den Berg is Director of Huis Marseille Museum of Photography. She is the curator
"The historical representations of architectural photography deal in large measure with style and period, but are also concerned with the history that passes through the buildings within the frame". There are antecedents to every photograph produced in the present day. In the case of architect
"The historical representations of architectural photography deal in large measure with style and period, but are also concerned with the history that passes through the buildings within the frame". There are antecedents to every photograph produced in the present day. In the case of architect
So what does the Bible to do with putting sexual predators in office? Everything. Because men are the leaders, and the little woman's job is to just stay in her nice little "protected" sphere, by definition if a woman is not "protected" SHE is in the wrong place!!!!! See, it's all her fault!!!!!
This major new volume brings together leading international scholars to debate the continuing importance and relevance of the concept of abjection for the interpretation of modern and contemporary culture. This genuinely interdisciplinary collection includes important new essays that draw on the work of Georges Bataille, Judith Butler, Julia Kristeva and other key critical thinkers to provide innovative readings of works of art, film, theatre and literature. The clear and accessible essays in this volume extend the existing literature on abjection in exciting new ways to demonstrate the enduring richness of the concept.
Stunning! Ben Cauchi realises contemporary photos with a surreal-metaphysical twist. The artist uses the wet-collodion photographic process, one of the very earliest photographic techniques. …
Funke repeatedly experimented with mirroring, transparencies and reflections – scrutinizing the perception of the viewer, some series no longer working with objects but solely with their shadows.
Olivia Laing reconsiders the Czech Surrealist, whose Soviet-era images responded to totalitarian rule with an austere but rebellious sense of humor.
After years spent under house arrest in China, the poet and photographer—and widow of the dissident academic Liu Xiaobo—is exploring life in Berlin.
The Somnambulist, Ralph Gibson
