Celebrity Sells: A ‘Proud’ Mentality?
Share Proud Gallery, Chelsea boasts an array of rare, unseen portraits by the late fashion and music photographer Brian Duffy. But with high fashion, high celebrity status and high prices ever present, what does this exhibition say about the worth of mainstream photography? By Michael Barrow As a prospective buyer, collector or general vintage pop...
What’s in a ‘Weekend’? Sex, drugs and reality.
Share I have a real fetish for independent, art house cinema. Being seated in preparation for a film that I have very little knowledge of (from cast and plot to location and cinematography) is a very pleasant, refreshing situation to be in. Is it a want for spontaneity? Is it a reaction to the inability...
We Need to Talk About Kevin: Transgression in Film.
Share Taboo is a subject frequently returned to in the contemporary art world. To transgress is to provide an audience with a situation in which any sense of moral integrity within the masses is challenged, sometimes causing uproar but, mostly, as with any art form, with the intent of shedding a whole new light...
Lars Von Trier and the meaning of existence: A ‘Melancholic’ fairytale.
Share So let’s begin with a wedding shall we? Let’s kick things off with the joining in matrimony of two seemingly affluent and beautiful persons, bound unequivocally by their unconditional love for one another. Let’s set this most perfect of occasions in an equally beautiful location; a Swedish Manor House, its grounds tended to, trimmed...
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