Francis Bacon’s ‘Three Studies for a Portrait of John Edwards’ is expected to make around £48 million. The auction house Christie’s just announced that major artworks by artists such as Andy Warhol, Gerhard Richter, Jeff Koons, Francis Bacon and Jackson Pollock will go under the hammer next month in New York. These are so-called ‘blue-chip’…
Phil Bergerson, Orangeburg, South Carolina, 2006 I am delighted to announce that I will participate in a conversation with the Canadian photographer Phil Bergerson on Tuesday 15 April, 6.30–8 pm, at the Work Gallery in London (RSVP to press@workgallery.co.uk). As my former photography teacher at Ryerson University, Phil had a huge impact on my relationship…
A typical Kim Kardashian Selfie, No. 1 image search result on Google.com for the keyword “selfie”, accurate in the UK as of 30 March 2014 In this post I want to deconstruct the ‘selfie’, not just as a type of image that is widely produced and shared across the world, but also as a philosophical…