> From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2008/02/19 Tue PM 08:25:54 GMT > To: "'Pentax-Discuss Mail List'" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: More Leibovitz > > > > A trailer on The First Post for a film about La Leibovitz: > > > http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/?filmID=935 > > > > > > Looks quite interesting. > > > > > > Bob > > > > > > > > > > > And a review of the doco here (in the 2nd half of the article) > > > > http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainm > > ent/visual_arts/article3365432.ece > > > > That is a review and a half - thanks. I always enjoy watching Waldemar > Januszczak on the TV (he does Capital A Art programmes), but he really > takes an axe to that show (and the doco). > > I might say I was rather shocked to read this > " I doubt Leibovitz or Johansson are aware that O'Murphy was 14 when > Boucher painted her, and that their recreation celebrates an act of > rococo paedophilia. " > > I wasn't aware of that, and I've always considered the picture to be > particularly, er, worthy of study. > > Here it is for the curious: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Fran%C3%A7ois_Boucher_026.jpg
Very articulate and I find it hard to disagree with much that he says. I am, however, not sure he is right about AL not knowing the provenance of the O'Murphy protrait. She is not an unintelligent person. Attaching modern mores to a 250 year old portrait doesn't seem very logical to me and rather spoils an otherwise perfect attack on the precepts of AL's work. ----------------------------------------- Email sent from www.virginmedia.com/email Virus-checked using McAfee(R) Software and scanned for spam -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
