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Gilbert and George

When less is more

28/05/202523/02/2024 by John

I enjoy watching dance …. and indeed in my younger days I enjoyed several different dance forms. Recently there has been a very interesting series of documentaries on our TV about dance, under the general title Why do we dance? My wife and I have enjoyed watching it together. The latest edition, screened the other … Read more

Categories Blog Tags art and sex, dance, Gilbert and George, The imagination in art Leave a comment

Off limits? What limits?

09/01/202507/02/2022 by John

It was very challenging to watch, last night, Mary Beard’s film about the possible limits to what might be permissible for artists to depict in their work. On the whole I tend to be pretty permissive about these things, and my principle criterion of acceptability would probably boil down to the serious intentions of there … Read more

Categories Blog Tags Gilbert and George, Ivo Andric, Mary Beard, Tracey Emin Leave a comment

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