existential boner - Mahalia Taje Giotto cycling smoking in Les Deux Magots

smoking in Les Deux Magots in 1946

Carlson’s vivid prose is as delicate as it is enigmatic

this is a revealing visual autobiography of a genuine culture hero

The scope of influence of their practices is more often located outside the gallery than inside

but achieved prominence relatively recently

existential boner - Mahalia Taje Giotto cycling smoking in Les Deux Magotsexistential boner is a book about obsessions. Obsessions related to the body, gender identity, sexuality and desires. Mahalia Giotto, aka Taje, was born in 1992, and was assigned female at birth. Going through several phases of physical transformation from writing on their skin as a child, to tattoos when they came of age, to eating disorders as an adolescent they began their transition in 2020. This identity journey lies at the heart of their work,