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Rose McLaren is an artist in London.



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Talk Into My Bullet Hole

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July 2015

Rose McLaren

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July 2015

‘Someday people are going to read about you in a story or a poem. Will you describe yourself for those people?’ ‘Oh, I don’t...

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May 2014

Art Does Not Know a Beyond: On Karl Ove Knausgaard

Rose McLaren

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May 2014

Karl Ove Knausgaard’s My Struggle has an oddly medieval form: a cycle, composed of six auto-biographical books about the...

31 Standish Ave, Rosedale, Toronto 5 7 February, 1963     Dear Mr and Mrs Tuck,   Thank you for your nice Christmas card which arrived well before Christmas I wish you could have seen the seventy-two cards I had on display in our living room, and among them was the one from you Christmas is a busy time, but interesting My Christmas Day was a lonely one until I left the house at 4:30 in the afternoon to go downtown to have my supper in a restaurant Following that, I went to my cousin’s home to spend the evening I was back home at 11 o’clock, and was soon off to bed However, there was one ‘bright spot’ while I was alone – it was Her Majesty’s Christmas Message I’m sure you heard it too   I was glad to get your letter early in December, and to know the calendar arrived safely You said you had not been well, but was feeling better You also said that Mrs Tuck had high blood pressure, and was not feeling well I do hope she is much improved Do take good care of yourselves – both of you Good health is our greatest asset   I do part-time work, so keep plenty busy This house seems to require quite a lot of my time In a house there is always something requiring to be done, and I do all my own work Even though I live alone, I find plenty to do It is quite a responsibility, as well as expense, but I have to live somewhere, and apartments, too, are expensive I much prefer one’s own home, to an apartment, so will carry on here as long as I can do so   I think I told you that John and his wife were going to California for Christmas John enjoyed himself, and said the time was too short   We have had a good share of cold weather, but as yet not much snow Winter is getting by, and we will all welcome spring Can you notice the daylight stretching out? It is quite noticeable here, and I

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August 2014

Rose McLaren

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August 2014

Rose McLaren is an artist in London.

The Prosaic Sublime of Béla Tarr

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Issue No. 6

Rose McLaren

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Issue No. 6

I have to recognise it’s cosmical; the shit is cosmical. It’s not just social, it’s not just ontological, it’s really huge. And that’s why we...
Stalker, Writer or Professor? Geoff Dyer's Zona and Genre

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February 2012

Rose McLaren

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February 2012

‘So what kind of a writer am I, reduced to writing a summary of a film?’ wonders Geoff Dyer half way through Zona. Such...

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November 2012

Religion and the Movies

Aidan Cottrell Boyce

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November 2012

When the Roman Empire ruled the world, you could make it work for you. The women, the hospitality. You...

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August 2017

What Makes A Gallery Programme?

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August 2017

Of his art dealer, Daniel-Henry Kahnweiler, Pablo Picasso once wondered, ‘What would have become of us if Kahnweiler hadn’t...

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July 2012

Whatever Happened To Harold Absalon?

Simon Okotie

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July 2012

1. The hotel lobby was both cleansed and fragrant, as was the receptionist speaking softly on the phone behind...

 

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