by Nicholas Cueva on March 23, 2015
I find his work annoying and frustrating, the presentation simple and slight. The ultimate aim is to misinform the already mindless—yet I love every one of these objects. I shouldn’t, but I do. To me, they represent the confusion and insanity of life, and give me hope that anyone’s misguided psychology can have something redeeming. I see a reflection of myself in Klaus.
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by Whitney Kimball on September 11, 2013
Here’s a $20 splurge we can justify: Heavenly Bodies: Cult Treasures and Spectacular Saints from the Catacombs. Art historian Paul Koudounaris has travelled all over Europe taking photos of the “Catacomb Saints,” skeletons of Christian martyrs that were found in the catacombs in the late 1500s, dressed up, and shipped out to various European churches to show people what happens if you join Christianity.
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