Friday, February 20, 2004


"Beginning with the postcard image for his 2000 Charlatan exhibition at Team, Bradley began passing off photographs of his double as though they were images of himself. What quickly materialized were a number of photographs of Brock styled and posed as Ian Curtis, the lead singer of British post-punk band Joy Division. These photographs, and their successful integration within the image bank of Joy Division artifacts, led Bradley to fashion Factory Archives (2002), a video that is still largely understood as having been created from pirated footage of Curtis...."


Ok, who in their right mind would think that this is Ian Curtis? Who ever is in charge of the "image bank of Joy Division artifacts" should be fired. If anyone, they look like pictures of a young Dean Wareham.

NOTE: Ok, that link to the picture wasn't direct. Click on "Photography", then click past all the photos of Chloe Sevigny and the guy in the hospital bed and then there are two photos of "Ian Curtis."

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