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Alice Neel
1967 Pregnant Julie and Algis Oil on Canvas 42 x 64 inches / 106.7 x 162.6 cm Private Collection This was my favourite painting in the Alice Neel exhibition showing at London’s Whitechapel Museum. (This small, poor-quality image is nothing compared to the actual painting, but was the best I could find.) ‘Pregnant Julie”s expression [...]
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Tropical fish
‘I noticed toothbrushes were like tropical fish, as they come in a bewildering range of colours and shapes.’ So says this fence-building New Zealander, who seems to have quite a flair for metaphors.
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Lies, all lies
‘这样的垃圾狗你还要拍 [Why are you taking pictures of this pariah dog?]‘, asked a member of the staff in scorn, but this well-fed mongrel’s healthy coat and easy demeanour betrayed the ill-concealed indulgence on his owner’s face.
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‘Environmentalism is the most politically diverse movement in history… I have met anarchists, communists, socialists, liberals, conservatives and, mostly, pragmatists. I remember sitting in a campaign meeting during the Newbury bypass protests and marvelling at the weirdness of our coalition… [Everyone] disagreed about every other subject under the sun… but everyone there recognised that our [...]
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