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Rick Owens and Ron Athey were born from the sociosexual underworlds of Los Angeles
For Document’s Winter/Resort 2023 issue, the design deity and extreme performance artist reminisce on the teen degeneracy that informed their creative trajectories
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Sex magic, aliens, and the Rapture: Ron Athey’s books for end times
The avant-garde artist known for his bloody, subversive performances schools us on Genesis P-Orridge, Mother Theresa, and ‘the solar anus.’
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