michal fopp on contemporary art

Archive for November, 2009

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Breughel Senior had the habit of studying landscapes and works of art upside down. To achieve the desired perspective he would stand with his back to them, and then straddle and bend double, so that his head dangled between his legs. That little eccentricity of his is told to have killed him. Death, in [...]

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Degree show 2009

Do you think she’s talented? Deeply and importantly talented?
Asks Audrey Hepburn in the cult film. Same question comes to mind when you attend the painting degree show 2009. The importance of this question lies in its tone.
You can sense the works of young geniuses, however immature they still might be. Above all, they reek of [...]

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