Every Picture Tells A Story
Erwin Olaf - ‘Hollandse meester' - RIP
Erwin Olaf - Nina Siegal - Mutual Art
The most important influence on Olaf’s work was Robert Mapplethorpe, the paragon of studio photography, whom Olaf met while Mapplethorpe was visiting Amsterdam. He was especially taken with Mapplethorpe’s use of square format images, a technique also employed by Peter Hujar and Diane Arbus for their portrait work.
Stephen Fry has a halo...
Stephen Fry - London 2009
‘Stephen Fry has a halo encircling his head. This photo is cropped so tight you cannot see it, which is why he looks so...
Crowned
It started with a clock
It was over twenty years ago. And yes it seems like yesterday. With part of an old clock, a length of gold cord, a piece o...
Boy With Syringe Lemon & Spoon
... Unfortunately, Caravaggio was not available to see it, but William Burroughs admired it very much and he thoughtfully signed it ‘For a friend’. It also caught the eye of Derek Jarman...
Portraits of Matthew by Giancarlo Gemin
New portraits of Matthew from the early 80's by Giancarlo Gemin.
Grayson Perry: Will Gompertz reviews the artist's show at Holburne Museum in Bath
BBC Radio 4 - Will Gompertz
Grayson Perry and Matthew R Lewis
Grayson Perry and Matthew R Lewis
Every picture tells a story. A lot can happen in thirty years.