In her book The Best Most Useless Dress, published by Badlands Unlimited, Claudia La Rocco writes the following ‘Fable’: When she grew very old the Medusa decided to give her true heart away. It was, of course, made of stone. She was, again very old, and unlovely, though not in an unhandsome way. She saved […]
While flicking through Martin Parr and Gerry Badger’s The Photobook: A History volume III (Phaidon 2014) – a great birthday gift from my Dad – I was transfixed by the following image: This photograph graces the cover of the book Billy Monk (Dewi Lewis Publishing, 2011) and it immediately made me want to know more, […]
On hearing the sad news of the artist Chris Burden’s death, I wanted to dedicate a post to his work and, for obvious reasons, his monstrous 1990 sculpture Medusa’s Head seems to be the most fitting choice for Minus Plato. Chris Burden, Medusa’s Head, 1990. Plywood, steel, cement, rock, model railroad trains and tracks Margalit […]