The decadent artist markets other people's pain

“Everyone in a decadent society, Lorrain urges, is guilty. Everyone loves maskin…”

“In this image (watching sensual murder through a peephole) Lorrain embodies the…”

“At issue for Peladan is the potency of the visual image: art's ability to const…”

“Art serves to confront that which is outside order, to give form to the obscene…”