Three experimental short films by one of the world’s most renowned visual artists.
Tag: art
Why The Past Matters
The Critical Drinker’s passionate defence of the art of yesterday, no matter how much it clashes with current ideas.
Away From It All: Vintage British Holiday Resort Advertising
Classic holiday resort posters promising a world of sun, sea and sophistication for British holidaymakers who avoided the temptations of the continent.
Ugly People And Their Beautiful Creations: The Art Is Not The Artist
Bad people make great art, and it is important that we learn to separate the two.
Maria Der’s Alternative Cinematic Universe
Maria Der’s wonderfully deranged visions from the tobacco cured VHS parlours of yesteryear allow us a peak and a prod at the underbelly of many beloved Hollywood favourites.
This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Message
A hot and cold pop culture-laden Sixties documentary about the mass media theorist.
Sex And Death In The Lindner Coffin Calendars
From eroticism to extinction, the world’s most intriguing collection of art calendars.
Making Love On Film In Margaret Salmon’s Two
The photographic artist and filmmaker sets out to find the point between the erotic and the pornographic in a new exhibition.
The Joys Of Spanish Art Restoration
A series of spectacularly bad restorations by Spanish amateurs is creating a new art movement.
Georges Bataille On Literature And Evil
The only television interview with the writer, philosopher and transgressive artist.
Reflecting On Nature And Looking Inward: The Female Gaze Of Loreal Prystaj
Sexuality, the physical and the manipulated explored in photography.
Carry On Margaret Nolan
Looking back at the career of one of British cinema’s most iconic glamour girls.