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Portrait of Lady Diana Cooper by Fred G. Curson, c1923.

… via the NPG

Katka Prackova

1) Female Figure
2) Upside Down

… from the Portfolio Dark in Light, Light in Dark, c2006.

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Robert Mapplethorpe

Lisa Lyon, 1982.

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Cang Xin - Great Wall, Communication Series no. 4, 2000.

Cang Xin is a bona fide shaman; he holds the profound belief that all things have spirit – both animate and inanimate objects – and is a member of an order of enlightened holy men who have the ability to enter various forms at will. As one of China’s most celebrated performance artists, Cang approaches his work as a means to promote harmonious communication with nature. His works have included bathing with lizards, adorning the clothing of strangers, and prostrating himself on icy glaciers: each act representing a ritual of becoming the other.

Cang’s Communication is an ongoing piece, begun in 1996. Engaging with the world at large with his tongue – one of the most intimate and sensitive parts of the body – Cang’s performance represents an internalising of knowledge and a religious communion with place/person/thing. Sites for this performance have included the Great Wall of China, Tiananmen Square, and The Coliseum.

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Mario Crevo Neto - Nina, 1980.

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Lady Diana Cooper by Sir Cecil Beaton, 1930.

… today’s nun brought to you by the National Portrait Gallery

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Shadi Ghadirian

My Press Photo #2, 1999.

… As for the collages that comprise My Press Photos, they combine images drawn from press-agency catalogues with old portraits of Iranian military men. Across time and space, war’s violence sadly reminds us of its universal, essentially male, dimension. (re-title.com)