Gilbert and George photographed in New York in 1991.
Showing posts with label PORTRAIT. Show all posts
Showing posts with label PORTRAIT. Show all posts
Tuesday
Bacon, Burroughs and old lace
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| Peter Minihan, 1989. |
Recently we came across this footage of a discussion between Francis Bacon and writer William Burroughs - recommended if you're a fan of either eccentric. Highlights include Bacon comparing Jackson Pollock's painting to old lace.
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| Mid-18th Century lace, in the V&A collection |
Friday
Frida Valentines
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| Self-Portrait as a Tehuana (Diego in My Thoughts), 1943 |
There was no shortage of interesting men in Frida Kahlo's life - she was at school with muralist Jose Clemente Orozco, married to Diego Rivera and for a time shared her home with Leon Trotsky. The tempestuous relationship between Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera has endlessly fascinated art lovers and historians, Frida said of Rivera "There have been two great accidents in my life. One was the trolley, and the other was Diego. Diego was by far the worst." Rivera divorced Kahlo in 1939 after fourteen years of marriage, they remarried the next year despite Rivera's affair with Frida's sister.
Monday
Monday Portrait: Lynette Yiadom-Boakye
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| Image c/o Jack Shainman Gallery |
One of 2013 Turner Prize nominee Lynette Yiadom-Boakye's wonderful imaginary portraits. See more of her work here.
Monday Portrait: 'Chinese Girl', Vladimir Tretchikoff
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| Chinese Girl, 1950 |
To mark its March sale for $1.5m and Kit Grover's recent trip to China, this weeks monday portrait is Vladimir Tretchikoff's queen of kitsch.
Tuesday
Monday portrait: Salvador Dali
This image of Salvador Dali is hard to trace, does anybody have any information about its origin?
Naked-ladies-as-skull aside, Dali's clear cane is rather wonderful.
Monday
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