The Cat Will Be Away For A Spell ... Feel Free To Play

Wait Till I Tell Your Mother About This, Young Man!

Fig. 1. Martha Rosler - Invasion, 2008


'War is only a cowardly escape from the problems of peace.'

Thomas Mann

A Larger Than Life Barometer Of Our Society's Virtue

Fig. 1. Jeon Joonho - The White House, 2005-2006


'So you think that money is the root of all evil. Have you ever asked what is the root of all money?'

Ayn Rand

* 'Money is the barometer of a society's virtue.' (Ayn Rand)

There Are Many Ways To Hate The Things You Love

Fig. 1. Sam Riley (as Ian Curtis) in Control - d. Anton Corbijn, 2007


'People love as self-recognition what they hate as an accusation.'

Elias Canetti

Addendum #1: Music Video (click)

Joy Division - Transmission

Addendum #2: The Sunday Six (Relatively Recent)

Fig. 1. Mohamed Bourouissa - La fenêtre, 2005

Fig. 2. Mona Hatoum - Nature morte aux grenades, 2006-07

Fig. 3. Jeff Koons - Girl with Dolphin and Monkey, 2006

Fig. 4. Doug Aitken - Migration (still), 2008

Fig. 5. Gottfried Helnwein - Red Mouse 2, 2008

Fig. 6. Wim Delvoye - Torre, 2009

To Bridges Burned Without Sorrow, Or Lamentations

Fig. 1. Jimi Hendrix

'To survive it is often necessary to fight, and to fight you have to dirty yourself.'

George Orwell

Don't Just Lie There, Woman. ... Look A Little Stupid!

Fig. 1. "Girlie" Postcard, c. 1940 (published by Asheville Post Card Co.)


'Any girl can look glamorous .... Just stand there and look stupid.'

Doris Day

The Sweetest Lullaby Is The Refrain Of Goals In Hand

Fig. 1. Wedgwood (mold by Hoskins & Oliver in 1770, black basalt) - Somnus, c. 1774


'Take rest. A field that has rested gives a beautiful crop.'

Ovid