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Lee Jung-seob, The Artists

Lee Jung-seob

A life of longing

Human beings have painted bulls since we lived in caves. Their heaving muscles and volatile power represented fertility in Hinduism, virility to the Celts, and the eternal cosmos to the Minoans. Picasso imagined himself as a sexual minotaur—half man, half bull. read more
The Etruscans, 400BCE
Chimera of Arezzo
This is an undeniably modern interpretation. The chimera, like most beasts of antiquity, was the bad guy. Child of the giant serpent Typhon and the half woman half snake Echidna (you know her from the Starbucks logo) the Chimera was an abominable thing, unnatural combination of lion and goat, with the head of a snake for a tail. Her brothers and sisters live in legend. read more
Chimera of Arezzo, The Etruscans
Toyen
What's in a name?
Names are assigned to us before we are aware of their meaning, and we grow into them as much as they come to reflect us. In Japan artists often changed names after milestones in their lives, but in the west, once you've been given a name, you're usually stuck with it—a rigidity that makes claiming a new name even more powerful magic. read more
Toyen, The Artists
Sascha Schneider, 1904
Hypnosis
To Sascha Schneider the male body was perfection, and the world its antagonist. Schneider worked in Germany in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, during the development of Freikörperkultur, free body culture, also called the Health and Hygiene movement. Freikörperkultur aimed to counteract the restraint and stress of industrialization with a restorative mix of open air nudity, exercise, and healthy diet. read more
Hypnosis, Sascha Schneider
Born on October 4
Jean-François Millet, The ArtistsPortrait of Jean-François Millet

Jean-François Millet

A peasant I was born, and a peasant I will die

1814 – 1875
Giovanni Battista Piranesi, The ArtistsPortrait of Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Making a living from etchings

1720 – 1778
Elizabeth Jane Gardner, The ArtistsPortrait of Elizabeth Jane Gardner

Elizabeth Jane Gardner

1837 – 1922
Dado, Miodrag Đurić, The ArtistsPortrait of Dado, Miodrag Đurić

Dado, Miodrag Đurić

1933 – 2010

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