Performance: Richard Avedon Religion and a parody of a

and a parody of a spy film

His ideas and his profound insight into a global age are analysed in the context of transnationalism for the first time

Serban Ionescu

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Samanta Schweblin

Performance: Richard Avedon Religion and a parody of a"We all perform. It's what we do for each other all the time, deliberately or unintentionally. It's a way of telling about ourselves in the hope of being recognized as what we'd like to be." Richard Avedon, 1974 The preeminent stars and artists of the performing arts from the second half of the 20th century offered their greatest giftsand, sometimes, their inner livesto Richard Avedon. More than 200 are portrayed in Performance, many in photographs