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barry’s digs

Who could this dream house have belonged to.Sometimes appearances can be misleading… A man of the future, an up-to-date, chrome plated product of the new frontier of the Far West, where life is lived with verve and efficiency, and the … Continue reading

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bummed out on bengal

The stereotype of the Indian from India in American culture has been an enduring one, in part inherited from British colonialism and shoehorned into the mass media tropes that frame our present perceptions. If all the oppressed and colonized peoples … Continue reading

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portrait or spitting image

There is always a complex psychological relationship between the sitter and the painter, since the explosive issue of the construction of identity is a potent assemblage that continues to adapt itself in the modern world. But its often an ambivalent … Continue reading

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