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Bondage de Luxe. A Few Notes on One Taboo in Modern Culture Otto M. Urban | taboo | 01.04.2000
BONDAGE DE LUXE. A FEW NOTES ON ONE TABOO IN MODERN CULTURE
To Veronika Bromová “And I handed him a reel of strong, sixty-meter-long rope.” Comte de Lautréamont I. Bondage is always about constriction. Humankind has constricted the body from time immemorial. Throughout history somebody has always had to be tightly bound. People have bound men, women, children, murderers, saints, heretics, fools, and heroes. And there just as many ways and even “schools”…
Penis Envy (Několik poznámek k jednomu tabu v moderní kultuře) Otto M. Urban | taboo | 01.03.2000
PENIS ENVY (NĚKOLIK POZNÁMEK K JEDNOMU TABU V MODERNÍ KULTUŘE)
"To Lenka Lindaurová “My biggest advantage is my penis.” Jake Steed, porn star I After the article “L’Origine du Monde” in the previous issue, the topic for the following observations is only logical. A penis always follows a vagina. What at first seemed to be an obvious statement, however, turned out not to be that unambiguous within the given context. Penis imagery in the fine arts is so…
L´Origine du Monde (A Few Notes on One Taboo in Modern Culture) Otto M. Urban | focus | 01.02.2000
L´ORIGINE DU MONDE (A FEW NOTES ON ONE TABOO IN MODERN CULTURE)
To Tomáš Pospiszyl“If your vagina could talk, what would it say?”Eve Ensler, The Vagina Monologues, 1996Rather than write an introduction, I will refer to the article Anus et Animus published in the previous issue of Umělec, the origin of which was basically accidental. At first, it was even intended as an ironic prospect. During the research process, however, a number of references and possible…
Anus et Animus (Několik poznámek k jednomu tabu v moderní kultuře) Otto M. Urban | focus | 01.01.2000
ANUS ET ANIMUS (NĚKOLIK POZNÁMEK K JEDNOMU TABU V MODERNÍ KULTUŘE)
"To Filip Turek“The truly lewd people are the chaste ones.”Joris-Karl Huysmans in his study Félicien RopsI.Not one human activity exists which is not reflected in one way or another by culture. Various periods having given birth to very heterogenous definitions or interpretations on the same topic. In this sense, the modern era also brings a different perception of history and begins to be…
Alfred Kubin - A Few Notes Inspired by the Exhibition Otto M. Urban | artist | 01.05.1999
ALFRED KUBIN - A FEW NOTES INSPIRED BY THE EXHIBITION
One of the oldest preserved works by Alfred Kubin (1877 - 1959) dates back to 1883. The pencil drawing is entitled Magician - the six year-old Kubin depicted a witch gathering full of levitating demons, bats, snakes, skeletons, even a coffin, a royal crown, military medals, and bishop’s staff, etc. The technical aspect of the work does not surprise one very much as it corresponds with Kubin’s age…

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