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In the latest edition of The Monthly, a bookmark.Advertisement for an exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria
Gustave Moreau and the Eternal Feminine.
The headline on this bookmark, above Moreau's head of Salome :
"Bring me the head of John the Baptist"
And on the other side :
From Salome to sirens, be seduced by the femmes fatales of Gustave Moreau
What the...?!
Flicking through the weekend papers...
this intriguing image in The Australian, to accompany (with little relevance) a P.J. O'Rourke article about politeness.
Bring me the head of Francis Bacon
as decapipicted by Lucien Freud
This refers specifically, but not exclusively, to the fine art practice of placing a golden frame around an image. An alluring bait... look in there... SNAP!
Bring me the head of the viewer
Still looking at (SNAP! SNAP! SNAP!) this image in The Australian...
Those gloves! I recognise those gloves!!
Too late, the white-gloved handler realises the golden guillotine has him, too, in its deadly frame.
Bring me the head of ...
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
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