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Grimaces of the Weary Village
REVIEWS AWARDS WHAT’S ON
Melanie Manchot
Celebration Jane Hilton
Dead Eagle Trail Robin Friend
Furlongs
Daniele Tamagni The Gentlemen of Bacongo Crude Metaphors
Some Things, Somewhere
IRVING PENN PORTRAITS
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08 Grimaces of the Weary Village An interview with Rimaldas Viksraitis. 20 Celebration Getting to know Melanie Manchot. 30 Dead Eagle Trail Jane Hilton heads West. 40 Furlongs Fresh perspectives on the nature-culture dualism from recent RCA graduate, Robin Friend. 50 Crude Metaphors Some Things, Somewhere Images by Nicky Walsh. Words by Fergus Heron.
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60 The Gentlemen of Bacongo Daniele Tamagni’s images of the fantastically dressed men of Brazaville/Congo.
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68 London Art Fair 2010 Business Design Centre, London. 70 Stanley Greene: Black Passport 76 Edgar Martins: When Light Casts No Shadow 78 New Releases We bring you eight of the best.
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84 Ori Gersht: Places That Were Not Andrew Mummery Gallery, London. 86 What’s On Our guide to what’s on, where.
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