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Category Archives: photography
EDWARD BURTYNSKY
As of late the Canadian photographer Edward Burtynsky is embracing augmented reality in his work – with mixed results. I reviewed his Master of Photography display at Photo London 2018 for SuperMassiveBlackHole. You can read the text here
KILL YOUR DARLINGS
The Clemens Sels Museum Neuss, Germany, is currently staging a fantastic show on portrait painting and photography, Wunsch & Wirklichkeit Der Einfluss der Fotografie auf das Porträt (Desire & Reality: The Influence of Photography on Portraiture’). I will be giving … Continue reading
Posted in art, art history, Event, exhibition, painting, photography, research
Tagged Clemens Sels Museum Neuss, closing event, Francis Bacon, Kill your Darlings – Francis Bacons Porträts nach fotografischen Vorlagen, Lecture, Vortrag, Wunsch & Wirklichkeit Der Einfluss der Fotografie auf das Porträt
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FRANCIS BACON NEW STUDIES
My review of Francis Bacon – New Studies: Centenary Essays was just published on ‘on artbooks’ the blog by artbooksonline. You can read it here: New Studies review
Posted in art, art criticism, art history, essays, expertise, Francis Bacon, painting, publication, research, scholarship, writing
Tagged 7 Reece Mews, artbooksonline, British Art, Conservation, Francis Bacon, Francis Bacon Centenary Essays, Francis Bacon New Studies, Gilles Deleuze, Helmar Lerski, on artbooks, review, Walter Sickert
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AND EVERYTHING BECOMES NOTHING AGAIN
‘And everything becomes nothing again’ is the latest project of the wonderful and talented Léa Habourdin, which follows the breeding cycle of an osprey couple in the Baltic woods. I had the great pleasure of writing an introduction for her … Continue reading
Posted in art, art history, creative writing, photo book, photographer, photography, publication, writing
Tagged Birds, Introduction, Lea Habourdin, Osprey, photobook, photographer
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PERRY OGDEN INTERVIEW
I interviewed Perry Ogden on photographing Francis Bacon’s Reece Mews studio before its relocation to Ireland in 1998. Find out more in the latest issue of SuperMassiveBlackHole focussing on studio spaces. Download the magazine here
Posted in art, art criticism, art history, atelier, creative writing, digital, Francis Bacon, interview, journalism, online magazine, painting, photographer, photography, publication, studio, SuperMassiveBlackHole, SuperMassiveBlackhole Magazine, workspace, writing
Tagged 7 Reece Mews, Francis Bacon, Perry Ogden, SuperMassiveBlackHole
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BACON MONTHLY FOCUS
Francis Bacon was fascinated by bullfighting and repeatedly referred to the corrida in his paintings. Find my brief introduction on the artist’s relationship to the topic as ‘Monthly Focus’ on the website of the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation Monaco. … Continue reading
Posted in art, art history, creative writing, Francis Bacon, painting, photography, research, scholarship
Tagged arena, bull, bullfighting, corrida, Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation Monaco, matador, Monaco, Nimes
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RESEARCH PROJECT MONACO
The website of the new Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation in Monaco is now online and features a brief introduction of my one-year research project for them. More info here
Posted in art, art history, expertise, photography, research, scholarship
Tagged Francis Bacon, Monaco
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DEAKIN REVIEW
The fantastic SuperMassiveBlackHole online photography magazine published my review of ‘Under the Influence: John Deakin and the Lure of Soho’, The Photographers’ Gallery, London 11 Apr – 20 July 2014. Download the latest issue with my text from their website here
Posted in art, journalism, photography
Tagged Francis Bacon, John Deakin, Soho, SuperMassiveBlackHole, The Photographers Gallery
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LEA HABOURDIN
I collaborated with photographer Léa Habourdin on her new project ‘Notes sur L’Attraction’. Read the introduction to the photo book: Notes sur l’Attraction intro.
Posted in art, creative writing, gravity, photo book, photographer, photography, publication, research, scholarship, writing
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