Department
of Art HistoryBetween Fandom and Fetish:
Richard Hawkins splices art history's
Old Masters with the internet's young subs, Bonnard with BelAmi, Forrest Bess with pop icons and porn stars — weaving desire
through the annals of art history. In this conversation at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Hawkins and art historian
Christian Liclair delve into their visual obsessions: from ecstatic visions and fanatical research to the
feverish pleasures of painting. A little foreplay to Hawkins’s forthcoming
exhibition
at Kunsthalle Wien, opening November 25.
