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| Antonio Giorgetti Head of an Angel 1668 terracotta Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Antonio Raggi Bust of Apollo before 1686 terracotta Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
"The representation of the natural falsifies situations. Something passes as natural precisely when it conforms perfectly and without apparent effort to accepted models, to the habits valorized by a tradition (sometimes recent, but in force). The age when it seemed natural for young people to act modestly, to keep quiet, to behave with discretion, respect, and imitate superiors, is not long gone . . ."
– Henri Lefebvre (1992)
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| Ferdinando Tacca Roman in Armor before 1686 terracotta Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Ercole Ferrata Genius with portrait medallion ca. 1670-85 terracotta Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Ercole Ferrata Angel with Cross 1668 terracotta Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Paolo Naldini Angel with Crown of Thorns 1669-70 terracotta Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
"NO to spectacle no to virtuosity no to transformations and magic and make-believe no to the glamour and transcendency of the star image no to the heroic no to the anti-heroic no to trash imagery no to involvement of performer or spectator no to style no to camp no to seduction of spectator by the wiles of the performer no to eccentricity no to moving or being moved."
– Yvonne Rainer (1965)
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| Melchiorre Cafà Lion 1660s terracotta Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Melchiorre Cafà Angel ca. 1663 terracotta Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Melchiorre Cafà Personification of Justice 1660s terracotta Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Melchiorre Cafà St Andrew of Avellino 1660s terracotta Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Melchiorre Cafà St Andrew the Apostle 1660s terracotta Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
Dance in pitch dark.
Ask audience to light a match if they want
to see.
A person may not light more than one match.
– Yoko Ono (1961)
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| Jacopo Lavaggi Allegory of Hope ca. 1686 terracotta Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Filippo Parodi Putto with skull ca. 1690 terracotta Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
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| Italian sculptor working in Rome Cupids wrestling ca. 1650-1700 terracotta Hermitage, Saint Petersburg |
– quoted utterances from Dance (2012) edited by André Lepecki, published by Whitechapel Gallery in the series Documents of Contemporary Art