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Remembering Pradip Choudhuri, the Trilingual Poet of Bengal s Hungry Generation
He was, perhaps, one of the most reliable links that Bengal and India had to the counter-culture movements across America and Europe.
Pradeep Chaudhuri in Paris. Photo: Author provided
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Americaâs Beat generation legend Lawrence Ferlinghetti once said, âPradip Choudhuriâs poetry proves that poetry is still the desiring machine of our dreams, the hungry beast that devours us all.â Choudhuri, one of the most important poets of Bengalâs iconic Hungry Generation literary movement of the 1960s, died after testing positive for COVID-19 in the early hours of April 25. He was 78.
Andy Warhol s book of desire: A rare and intimate addition to the Warhol canon
Andy Warhol. Love, Sex, and Desire. Drawings 19501962. First printing of 7,500 numbered copies. US$ 100. Availability: December 2020.
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.- Well before Andy Warhols rise to the pinnacle of Pop Art, he created and exhibited seductive drawings celebrating male beauty. Andy Warhol Love, Sex, & Desire: Drawings 1950-1962 features over three hundred drawings rendered primarily in ink on paper portraying young men, many of them nude, some sexually charged, and occasionally adorned with whimsical black hearts and delightful embellishments. They lounge or preen, proud of or even bored by their beauty, while the artist sketches them, rapt. They rarely engage with their keen observer, and likewise Warhols focus is on their form, their erotic qualities, and unbridled sexuality. If his subjects are content to revel in their attractiveness, so too is Warhol. His confident hand illustrates a multitud