SUBVERTING THE MALE GAZE

Femininity as Masquerade in “Untitled Film Stills 1977-1980” by Cindy Sherman “One is not born, but rather becomes a woman.” Continue reading →

Waiting for Borremans: Cinematic Time in the work of Michaël Borremans

Michaël Borremans, The Feeding (film still), 2006 The Cinematic encompasses the relationship between the moving and still image, most notably Continue reading →

The Museum in Contemporary Art

The visual poetry of the museum and the use of artefact, categorisation and curiosity in contemporary art Despite its prestige Continue reading →

Curating the Self

[It’s] a state surveillance agency staffed by gullible volunteers…It’s the Stasi for the Angry Birds generation– (Lee, 2014) You might Continue reading →

A Body that Hurts

The body implies mortality, vulnerability, agency: The skin and the flesh expose us to the gaze of others Judith Butler Continue reading →

Selfie Preservation Society

Self-portraiture has long been a fixture of art. Since its rise in popularity in the mid-15th century, it has become Continue reading →

The Spurious Seriousness of Silence

The word ‘silence’ often seems to be riddled with bi-polar afflictions. ‘A silence fell upon the room’ either means a Continue reading →

Look at that chicken! FLESH!

FLESH is the title of the most recent project by artists Victor Ivanov and Lewis G. Burton. It took place Continue reading →