Tag Archives: Jean Cocteau

SURREALIST GRAPHIC ART—BIGGER THAN YOU THINK!

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Idesire

We’ve gotten together before, on this blog site, to mutually marvel at the impact of original vintage poster art with a Surrealist twist, as an ardent exponent of some of the most incisive reflections upon the subject and lifeline of … Continue reading →

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YANG FUDONG’S NEW WOMEN: COMMUNING WITH NEW FILMMAKING

Posted on August 2, 2013 by Idesire

Amidst all the buzz of anticipation about the Toronto Film Festival in September, something very quiet and very engaging has settled into the exhibition space at TIFF. Chinese visual artist and filmmaker, Yang Fudong, was commissioned by TIFF to develop … Continue reading →

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JEAN COCTEAU: AN ARTIST NOT TO BE FORGOTTEN

Posted on March 8, 2013 by Idesire

During the German Occupation of Paris, Jean Cocteau, assisted by his friend, Jean Marais, shook off a decade-long oblivion due to opium addiction, and wrote the script for Robert Bresson’s film, Les Dames du Bois de Boulogne (1944/1945).

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VALENTINES IN VINTAGE GRAPHICS

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Idesire

An old pop song runs, “Love is a many-splendored thing;” and we have the testimony of a vast array of graphic art to establish how varied loving relations can be. One of the more challenging but also. I think, more … Continue reading →

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PARIS, OF COURSE (First of a series on Paris, and other great cities)

Posted on November 23, 2012 by Idesire

Rue de l,arbre sec (Street of the Dry Tree), the site of the gallows in medieval Paris, and also the site of the once-glorious Art Nouveau department store, La Samaritaine, now shut down (just off the right foreground of the … Continue reading →

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