FEAST OR FAMINE

The France  Harper’s Bazaar  fashion magazine cover of February 2024 harks back to the 1960s in the age of the model known as Twiggy.    The cover announces “ ALLO … TWIGGY coup de fil au premier top model”  – “ALLO … TWIGGY phone call to the first top model” which alludes to a four-page interview with Twiggy, now 74 years old.   British model Lesley Hornby, born in 1949, is now Dame Lesley Lawson, still known by her modeling name Twiggy. She was the face of the androgynous, wide-eyed model with the short hair – the opposite of the on-trend feminine models with long, flowing hair.    She was 16 years old in January 1966 when she had her hair cut and coloured by Leonard Lewis, owner of Leonard of Mayfair. This hairstyle, and the photography of Barry Lategan, swiftly launched her onto the cover of almost every fashion and young girls’ magazine into the 70s and 80s.    The current 2024 France  Harper’s Bazaar  attempts to replicat...

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A Stronger Climate  by Ruth Prawer Jhabvala (1968) is set in India in the 1950s and 1960s.    It is a collection of nine short stories in two sections: 1) The Seekers, and 2) The Sufferers.    The stories are based around Europeans, specifically the British, in India and the relationships they foster – both visitors and those who have established a life in the country. The premise is that the climate in India – with its colours and spices and aromas and heat – is more vivid and stronger than their home country. It is a place where Europeans are either respectful or not, fascinated by the culture or not, and assimilating or not.    What are Europeans looking for in India? What do they find? Do their dreams meet their expectations? How does it end in each of the stories – in happiness; in bad manners; in peace; in suffering; in passion; bewitched; in a clash of cultures; in love with life or in love despite the talk about mixed race marriages?  ...

  “Copy-Create” – “ Copier-Creer”  – is the exhibition of the works of four artists  living in the 6 th  arrondissement of Paris:  Thérèse HORNEZ, Tatsiana KUZMITCH, Nelly PERDEREAU, and Olga TOLMACHOVA. The exhibition is held in the Town Hall of the 6 th  arrondissement from 13 January to 5 February 2024.    The artists in this exhibition take a painting from the masters of the 15 th  to 18 th  century and copy to create a new perspective of the piece. The re-creations are serious or humorous versions – inspirations or transfigurations – of the original.    All four artists were trained in the Judit Jozsa’s workshop, using various techniques such as egg tempera, oils, gouache, watercolour, Indian ink, and collage.   Thérèse HORNEZ Thérèse HORNEZ Thérèse HORNEZ Thérèse HORNEZ Tatsiana KUZMITCH Tatsiana KUZMITCH Tatsiana KUZMITCH  Nelly PERDEREAU Olga TOLMACHOVA Olga TOLMACHOVA Olga TOLMACHOVA MARTINA NICOLLS Mart...