Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/10
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]That guy needs to get out more. A LOT more. Perhaps he and Nan Goldin should get together and photograph Cindy Sherman. On Dec 10, 2003, at 3:31 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > Not for the faint of heart, but the art world (in which some artists > use > cameras) swings back and forth. Ashkan Sahihi's made a "sensational" > series > of images that are only offensive with the proper text accompanying > them. > And he's made an interesting comment on pornography without using > nudity. > Which is interesting in and of itself. Are people trying, > intentionally now, > to be the next robert maplethorpe, or andreas serrano? Probably not, > but > they pushed the envelope in a very different direction and it's never > going > to lose that shape, it'll just keep going. > > Ah, the LUG, that's where I get the art scene buzz..... > > Again -- a warning -- no nudity, but graphic sexual content. > > Interview about the exhibit: > > http://www.nerve.com/Dispatches/Martin/Face_premium/Face_text.asp > > And the exhibit: > > http://www.axelraben.com/sahihi/cumShots/ > > kc > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > > - -- John Brownlow http://www.pinkheadedbug.com http://www.unintended-consequences.com - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html