How the corporeal became mainstream: sympathy for the devil | Free press

2023-09-21 18:20:00

The Kunstpalast Düsseldorf shows how the horror figure of the Middle Ages became a metaphor for individual freedom.

In 2011, to promote the fall-winter collection of the fashion label Mugler, the then creative director hired the Canadian performance artist Rick Genest as a model, who was also known as “Zombie Boy” because his full-body tattoo showed motifs of a decaying corpse. Pop queen Lady Gaga affectionately calls her fans “Little…

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