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Friday, 30 June 2017
The Strange Death of Theo Van Gogh
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by Fergus Downie (July 2017)
 
Little Dutch Boy safeguarding the essential.  (Artwork built on the work of Marguerite Scott)
 
 
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Surveying the life's work of Theo Van Gogh it is difficult not to read into it metaphors of civilisational decline. A distant relative of the great Artist, he had built his modest acclaim slumming the lowest reaches of 21st-century Prolefeed and, by his late thirties, he had exhausted even this cheap line of scatological obsessions. more>>>
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Posted on 06/30/2017 1:02 PM by NER
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30 Jun 2017
Fedallah
It has been quite a while between drinks Fergus Downie. A pleasure, as always. I can offer no greater gratitude than to ask that you write more. Cheers,

1 Jul 2017
Fergus Downie
Drink is the lubricant of all great civilisations. Good to hear from you

1 Jul 2017
Dan
Fergus, this is a fantastic and beautifully written piece. It's a wonderful thing to be able to channel one's knowledge and passion and righteous anger as you have done here. Bravo!

2 Jul 2017
Send an emailFergus
Dan, very kind of you, and glad it spoke to you. Best wishes


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