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The recurrent pose 7

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The Flandrin pose returns in a photograph for the Adonis series by Brent Dundore. Flandrin was striving for a Classical simplicity in his original painting and the quasi-Classical seat in this picture seems to be doing the same. This might easily become a line drawing like those produced by John Flaxman, a contemporary of Flandrin’s whose work was inspired by Classical sources.

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“Athena in the form of Penelope’s sister tells the queen of the return of her son Telemachus” from illustrations for The Odyssey by John Flaxman (1810).

Elsewhere on { feuilleton }
• The recurrent pose archive

Brandon Herman

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Ian with headphone.

Photographs by Brandon Herman at the David Gallery, Culver City, CA. The exhibition runs from September 8th–October 13th, 2007.

In BrandonHermanLand the subjects are absorbed in their own intensely private worlds, whether it be cleaning the pool, contemplating a baseball in bed, or skateboarding nude at night. Herman’s talent as a photographer lies in managing to get his subjects to bare their souls as well as their bodies to the viewer.

Via Towleroad.

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Untitled (Patrick swimming hole) (2006).

Relighting the Magick Lantern

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The first part of Kenneth Anger’s Magick Lantern Cycle appeared on DVD in a splendid edition from Fantoma earlier this year. The second and final part is due for release on October 2nd and you can see the mouthwatering trailer here.

This new set includes the Cocteau-esque Harlequinade, Rabbit’s Moon (1950); homoerotica, bikers and rock’n’roll in Scorpio Rising (1964); a hot rod, a blond boy in tight pants and the Paris Sisters crooning Dream Lover in Kustom Kar Kommandos (1965); magick ceremonies and Mick Jagger playing with a Moog synth in Invocation of My Demon Brother (1969); and Donald Cammell, Marianne Faithfull, Egypt, volcanoes, Aleister Crowley, an orange UFO and a great score from Bobby Beausoleil in the miniature epic, Lucifer Rising (1982).

The Magick Lantern Cycle is a great work of cinema that’s suffered from shoddy presentation on previous video releases; Fantoma have given these films the care and attention they deserve. If you haven’t seen them yet, you’re in for a treat.

Previously on { feuilleton }
• James Bidgood
• Kenneth Anger on DVD…finally
• Un Chant d’Amour by Jean Genet