◇ After
Aladdin Sane · David Bowie · RCA (cover photo Brian Duffy), 1973
The red and blue flash runs forehead to jaw across one eye, in the placement and colouring of the sleeve. The rest belongs to the artist: afro, red jacket, blue bow tie.
“After” is the old gallery word for a work made in open conversation with another. It is a lineage, not a shortcut.
◇ Piece Room
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