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The Corporeal Fragment: A Symbol of Revolution or a Rejection of the Postmodern?

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Adam Lehrer • Leave a comment

In her 1994 essay The Body in Pieces: The Fragment as a Metaphor of Modernity, art historian Linda Nochlin ties the genesis of modernism to the French Revolution, framing the guillotine as a symbol of the severing of inherited dynastic power ushering in an era of radical politics, creativity, and culture. The guillotine becomes representative … Continue reading →

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Back To Nature: In Praise Of Ambiguity In “no body to talk to”

Posted on March 10, 2019 by Emily Colucci • Leave a comment

Nobody expects to be confronted by a cat’s butthole on the wall of a flower shop. But, that’s exactly the startling sight in a photograph by Res hung prominently in the hallway connecting the two sections of the lush greenery-filled flower shop at 89 Eldridge Street. The photograph Reaching (Butthole) features a cat’s ass on … Continue reading →

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The Corporeal Fragment: A Symbol of Revolution or a Rejection of the Postmodern?

Back To Nature: In Praise Of Ambiguity In “no body to talk to”