Images: © Michael Epps
Noir series featuring Marlon Jude, 2009
Courtesy of the artist
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fran dileo: titvus 0
Primitive tribes were certainly convinced that the spirit, having escaped from the body at death, retained a replica of its earthly tenement. They therefore used tattoo marks as a means of identification in the next world and a passport to future happiness.
Formerly a film editor from Milan, Italy, Fran Dileo is now based in Barcelona [...]
Categories: exclusive, photography
Tagged: Fran Dileo Titvus, male, man, photography, portrait, Ronald Scutt, tattoo
steven cohen: life is shot, art is long 1
Michael Stevenson Gallery is presenting Steven Cohen’s first solo exhibition in South Africa in more than 10 years. In this decade Cohen, who has lived in France since 2003, has become internationally recognised for his performance art, yet his work has been seen infrequently at home and in the gallery context. This exhibition will refocus [...]
Categories: contemporary art, exhibition
Tagged: art, Cape Town, Chandelier, exhibition, Golgotha, Jewish, Life, Michael Stevenson Gallery, performance, portrait, shot, solo show, South Africa, Steven Cohen
gonzalo bénard 0
I would like to think that I have a more human psyche, as human being. Human is form, Being is formless. Being male is just a form of being human. One of them. And what I do is exactly that, behave more as a human psyche, a bit breaking the classic conservative rules and labels [...]
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Tagged: black and white, body, Gonzalo Bénard, male, man, nude, photography, portrait, smoking
lee wagstaff: apostles 0
Wagstaff depicts himself as Jesus Christ and twelve others as his Apostles, in a modern reworking of the popular religious theme. Instead of portraying a ‘true likeness’, the artist makes the connection between first century religious outlaws and modern day iconoclasts. The viewer is challenged to put aside preconceptions, and explore the possibility of the [...]
Categories: contemporary art, photography
Tagged: Apostles, body, calligraphy, fantasy, flesh, geometry, graphic symbols, human, Lee Wagstaff, male, man, men, nature, photography, portrait, tattoo, tattoos
marcel steger 1
Images: © Marcel Steger
Categories: photography
Tagged: Annie Cattrell, cat, Marcel Steger, photography, portrait
thomas dozol: entre temps 0
Thomas Dozol’s ‘entre temps’ is an ongoing series of 16 square-inch color photographs that captures his friends and acquaintances within 15 minutes of stepping out of the shower.
With an aim to challenge the normally inherent voyeurism of photography, Dozol’s portraits examine a unique moment of contemplation and self-reflection, exploring borders between intimacy and familiarity. Dozol [...]
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Tagged: Beauty, calm, emotion, entre temps, Envoy Enterprises, exhibition, familiarity, intimacy, intimate, meditation, photography, portrait, ritual, shower, spiritual, symbolic, Thomas Dozol, water
irving penn: portraits 0
Irving Penn (1917 – 2009) was one of the great photographers of our time. Focusing specifically on his portraits of major cultural figures of the last seven decades, Irving Penn Portraits is a glorious celebration of his work in this genre. The exhibition is brought together from major international collections and includes over 120 silver [...]
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Tagged: Al Pacino, Alfred Hitchcock, Christian Dior, Duke Ellington, Édith Piaf, exhibition, Grace Kelly, Harold Pinter, Irving Penn, National Portrait Gallery, Pablo Picasso, photography, portrait, Rudolf Nureyev, Salvador Dali, T.S. Eliot, Truman Capote, Vogue
pascale lafay: profil series 0
Pascale Lafay was born in Lyon, where she graduated from Beaux-Arts, after which she moved to Paris and became the assistant of Christian Boltanski and Annette Messager. She works mainly in photography and has been exhibiting since 1989. Her solo shows include: Pioneers and Entrepreneurs, Pico House, Los Angeles, US, 2008; Pascale Lafay, Isy Brachot [...]
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Tagged: exhibition, Lingering Whispers, Pascale Lafay, photography, portrait, Profil, profile, series
