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Interpretating de Sade in the age of ruin. WILLIAM BURNS on why the ‘banned’ book 120 Days of Sodom is more relevant than ever.
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Interpretating de Sade in the age of ruin. WILLIAM BURNS on why the ‘banned’ book 120 Days of Sodom is more relevant than ever.
I stumbled across this image on one of my recent jogs around the internet. It is one of the most savage and arresting creations I have seen in a long time, and a beautiful representation of the Grand Guignol aesthetic (horror beyond horror, as I now call it).
Anyone with an interest in Grand Guignol, the theatre in Paris whose name is a byword for horror beyond horror, may care to know that its vicarious thrills are alive on the boards again thanks to some small dedicated theatre companies in London and indeed around the world.
Power Snatched artwork by L Jamal Walton
Power Snatched artwork by L Jamal Walton