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Heidi Slimane London: Birth of a Cult
Editions 7L, 2005. First Edition. Oblong Quarto 11.75 x 9”. Softcover
stiff illustrated wrappers, includes small pamphlet attached
with rubber band all contained in printed card box. Box is slightly
sprung, with light, scattered edge wear. Book, rubber band, and
pamphlet are all Very Fine.
Birth of a Cult focuses on the most iconic character within this
heady milieu. The project began with Slimane’s video piece
(shown at Galerie Almine Rech, Paris, Sept. 2004) a study of
Pete Doherty and his new band, Babyshambles. Slimane started
documenting Doherty when Doherty had just completed the
second Libertines album and was then kicked out of the band
for crack addiction. Babyshambles created an immediate sensation
and a loyal following. Most of their performances have been
‘guerilla gigs’, irregular or unplanned events which have always
generated enormous fervour and excitement and which on occasion
have degenerated into riot. Between jail, crack addiction
and tabloid coverage, Doherty’s public persona has been distorted
and manipulated. This has failed to hide that fact that he is
a truly original musician, a charismatic frontman, songwriter and
performer, and an authentic poet of our times. Whilst the book
focuses on Doherty, it encompasses the entire London scene,
and bands such as The Others and The Paddingtons.
Jenny Saville Closed Contact Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, 2002. Folio 15.5 x 11”. Hardbound
in flesh colored paper covered boards. Published for the
exhibition at Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, January 12 to February
9, 2002. Very light rubbing along edges and back cover,
else a Fine copy.
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After having observed the operations of reconstructive and aesthetic
surgery, Saville was eager to express the violence and
anesthetized pain of this experience in her own work. Luchford
and Saville began an artistic collaboration that captures the full
range of color, tonality and topography of live flesh, in large photographic
tableaux. Distortions confront and coerce the viewer
into an examination of one’s own body and the grotesqueries
and beauties inherent within. The images also recall biological
specimens preserved, disembodied and disfigured.
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