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David Bailey/Rankin @ Proud gallery, Camden - Nick Constance - June
2003 </font></b></font></td>
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<p><font size="1">Camden is mad at the best of times but today I came
away from the David Bailey/Rankin exhibition (Proud Gallery) scratching
my head in perplexity. </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Rankin's were simply very obvious "fashion shots"...soft
focus, beautifully lit, printed and presented...but utterly devoid
of any "passion" (whatever that is.) Did nothing for me�strange,
considering they're shots of very beautiful and very naked women.
Is this the same guy who hacked through a jungle of mediocrity to
help turn Dazes & Confused into (for a while, at least) the only
style bible worth swearing allegiance to? </font></p>
<p><font size="1">Bailey on the other hand..well, what can I say about
Bailey? If (like me) you haven't stared at a giant vagina in all
its gynaecolgical glory for a long time, then this is the place
to go. I must say it was 'interesting' in a head-tilting kind of
way. But, �2000 for a giant pussy? ......hmmmmm, dunno about that.
Depends on who's buying and who's pussy it is, I guess. (Sorry,
am I allowed to use that word?) If it's one's lover, I could almost
understand, but to have a complete stranger's magnified anatomy
on your wall is, frankly, bizarre. (Or am I missing the point?)
Men huh?</font></p>
<p><font size="1"> Of course, they're not real vaginas�there more
real than real. But isn't that what 2003 is all about�hyper-reality?</font></p>
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