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Irish Times
21-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Re:Incarnation review: A vibrant celebration of the eternal cycle of living
Re:Incarnation Abbey Theatre, Dublin ★★★☆☆ In Re:Incarnation the choreographer Qudus Onikeku not only brings the vibrant and colourful energy of Lagos to the stage but also draws on a deeper connection to the past and the Yoruba belief in Ìbí (Birth), Ikú (Death) and Àtúnbí (Rebirth). Here the soul is in an eternal cycle of living, dead and unborn awaiting reincarnation, unlike the more linear concept of the eternal afterlife following death. The 10 dancers of the QDance Company portray this endless succession by reconnecting to myths and presenting identifiable images, such as death as an old man with a stick who clubs his victims, or reciting some of the many proverbs and aphorisms in Yoruba philosophy. What speaks loudest is the immediate physicality onstage, a mishmash of styles that both signify the collective through unison sequences and establish individual identity through solos. All the time, the musicians Fabiyi Abiodun Samuel and Simeon Lawrence provide a chaotic soundtrack evoking bustling Lagos, through live and recorded music and historical speech. READ MORE Less impactful are long sections, particularly in the middle section, Death, when the physical dynamism gives way to gestural literalness. Overall, Re:Incarnation asks how we embody the past. If it is accepted that everybody carries their life experiences in their body, then can we embody the experiences of our ancestors? In posing these questions the work refuses to be subjugated by the past and weighed down by tradition. Rather it celebrates the diverse experience of our ancestors through the youthful and joyous physicality of the present generation. Re:Incarnation is at the Abbey Theatre , as part of Dublin Dance Festival , until Wednesday, May 21st
Yahoo
12-05-2025
- Automotive
- Yahoo
See the Melvins' Kurt Cobain-Decorated Van's Last Ride Before Auction
More than a decade after the Melvins' Kurt Cobain–decorated 1972 Dodge van was listed on eBay, the 'Melvan' is headed back to auction. The Kiss illustration that Cobain left on the vehicle, as well as other parts of the van, will be part of Julien's Auctions' Music Icons auction, which will take place May 30 and 31 at New York's Hard Rock Café. The auctioneers made a video documenting the Melvan's last ride, including a stop outside of Seattle's Easy Street Records last month on Record Store Day. Matt Vaughan, who owns the store, is seen in the driver's seat commenting, 'Still smells like stale beer.' Vaughan also recalls meeting Cobain at the Nevermind release party. The clip shows record buyers lined up, checking out the Melvan, which was parked outside the store. The video also shows how much the pieces of the van are expected to fetch at auction. More from Rolling Stone Watch Dave Grohl Get Funky With LCD Soundsystem Cover Kirk Hammett on Reincarnation, Defending 'Lulu,' 'Load,' and 'Reload' - and Metallica's Future The Secret History of Nineties Lollapalooza Julien's estimates that van panels variously spray-painted with the words 'mean machine' and 'no talent' could go for between $1,000 and $2,000. The steering wheel, which Cobain drove, is estimated to go for between $2,000 and $4,000. A dashboard sticker of an illustration of the Melvins could attract between $600 and $800. The main event, however, is Cobain's drawing of Kiss' four members, which Julien's expects to go for between $20,000 and $40,000. 'It means a lot to be in here,' Vaughan says in the clip, 'to feel the ghost of Kurt right next to me.' 'It would be fantastic if the new owner [of the items] is able to make it available for fans to enjoy,' Giles Moon, who curated the auction for Julien's, tells Rolling Stone. 'Possibly a museum? If not, I'm sure it will find a new home with someone who truly values it.' In addition to the Melvan panels, Julien's will be auctioning guitars that belonged to Cobain, Johnny Cash, Eric Clapton, and others, clothing worn by Elton John, Chappell Roan, and Bob Dylan, among others, and the 'Julian Lennon Collection' of John Lennon–related artifacts. Items will be on view in London and New York in May. Full details are on the auction house's website. The Melvan was originally listed for auction on eBay in 2012 by seller Ben Berg, who received the vehicle as a gift from the mother of onetime Melvins bassist Matt Lukin around 1992. 'I had no idea that Kurt was even affiliated with that van until well after it was in my possession,' he told Rolling Stone. 'I was told that the Kiss mural was drawn by Kurt Cobain, and it was done in Sharpie markers that he shoplifted. I was also told that he used to drive the Melvins around to their shows in the area.' He listed the van at $150,000; It ultimately went for $24,701. Best of Rolling Stone The 50 Greatest Eminem Songs All 274 of Taylor Swift's Songs, Ranked The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time
Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
This M. F. Husain Painting Just Sold for $13.8 Million at Auction, Shattering a Record for Modern Indian Art
M. F. Husain's Untitled (Gram Yatra) sold at Christie's for $13.8 million in New York, making it the most expensive work of modern Indian art ever publicly auctioned. That amount, which includes fees, shattered the auction house's estimate of $2.5 million–$3.5 million and was more than four times the artist's previous record of $3.1 million, which was set by his painting Untitled (Reincarnation) last September at Sotheby's in London. More from Robb Report A Lavish $23.5 Million French Renaissance Mansion in Dallas Is Fit for Royalty Exclusive Luxury Comes to the Southern Tip of Eleuthera This West Palm Beach Penthouse With an Artistic Legacy Can Be Yours for $1.5 Million The previous record for a modern Indian work was $7.4 million, for Amrita Sher-Gil's The Story Teller (1937), which sold in September 2023 in Mumbai. (S. H. Raza's 1959 painting Kallisté, which sold last March at Sotheby's for $5.6 million, was given an estimate of $2 million–$3 million—the highest price ever put on a modern Indian artwork at auction, a spokesperson for that house said.) The Husain record was mintedduring Christie's sale for South Asian modern and contemporary art, a category which continues to garner momentum despite a fragmented art market. The 1954 painting, which is nearly 14 feet long, was a consignment 13 years in the making and one that Nishad Avari, the New York–based head of Christie's South Asian modern and contemporary art department, called 'by far one of the most significant works' he's seen in his career. Avari told ARTnews that, prior to the sale, his department had hoped Untitled (Gram Yatra) would change Husain's market, which has lagged compared to F. H. Souza and Raza, two other members of the Progressive Artists' Group. Of the Husain painting, Avari said, 'It comprises of 13 separate vignettes of village life in India, which is really important, because this is five years after Indian independence, and Husain and all his colleagues are trying to figure out at the time what it means to be a modern Indian artist.' In the painting Untitled (Gram Yatra), Husain emphasizes the centrality of village and rural life in India as the basis for going forward as a new nation. Avari also noted that one of the 13 vignettes portrays a standing farmer—the only male figure in the in the piece. This is a self-portrait of sorts, and the only image which crosses into another vignette of a landscape with fields. 'It's literally a portrait of a farmer as a sustainer of the land and a protector of the land,' Avari said. The original owner of the painting was Leon Elias Volodarsky, a Norwegian general surgeon and private art collector, who acquired Untitled (Gram Yatra) in New Delhi in 1954, while heading a World Health Organization team stationed there to establish a thoracic surgery training center. Volodarsky's estate donated it to the Oslo University Hospital in 1964. When the hospital first contacted Christie's about Untitled (Gram Yatra), Avari said his team's immediate response was: 'We're getting on a plane.' For seven decades, Untitled (Gram Yatra) was unavailable for viewing by the public. 'It was in a private neuroscience corridor,' Avari said. The 13-year process to get it to the auction block on March 19 included gaining the necessary permissions from the Oslo University Hospital's board when the institution was finally ready to sell. 'What's really, really gratifying, is that the proceeds are going to be used to set up a training center for doctors in Dr. Volodarsky's name,' Avari said. Best of Robb Report The 10 Priciest Neighborhoods in America (And How They Got to Be That Way) In Pictures: Most Expensive Properties Click here to read the full article.
