But some of my favourite moments in london are those days when i set out on my own in comfy shoes and a loose agenda. last week, i walked all over central london, read my book in st. james's park, took myself to Cecil Court to wander thru the rare/used bookshops, the National Portrait Gallery for the first time (sublime building, and what a collection...) and checked out a new, racy John Currin exhibit at a small gallery in Mayfair. I fell in love with his strangely distorted female fairy paintings 4 years ago and this was the first time I finally got to see his work in the oil-painted flesh...his new theme is much more pornographic, but jarringly juxtaposed against his Renaissance style. He even managed to make still lifes of Delftware sexy in context.walking to hyde park corner...
fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high.
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oh, i envy you seeing the new john currin! i like what i've seen of the new racy stuff--i read that he only regrets that his kids can't come into his studio anymore. teehee.
nice gams, too. :)
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