November 2009
7 posts
Wild Thing: Epstein, Gaudier-Brzeska, Gill at the...
“Over a period of 10 years from 1905 to 1915, three outstanding young sculptors emerged in Britain; Jacob Epstein, Henri Gaudier-Brzeska and Eric Gill. The radical impact of their work was to transform British sculpture.”
Three of my favourite sculptors together in one exhibition featuring around 90 works from sketches to sublime sculpture. In their day they were at the bleeding...
Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2009
Having a keen interest in photography and indeed undertaking my first professional portrait shoot next month, I was keen to visit the exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery as a matter of “study”.
I like the NPG - it has an atmosphere to it that other galleries some how do not. I put this down to the gallery appealing to a wide variety of interests and artistic taste.
Earlier...
Joe Lally →
I am going to see Joe Lally when he gets to Kingston in London at the end of the month.
The last time I saw Fugazi was on their first ever European date at the now defunct, Sir George Robey in Finsbury Park. It remains one of the best gigs I ever saw. During the day I had been involved in a riot at a student demonstration. All hell broke loose when some of the crowd started throwing sticks...
WatchI love the inventiveness within this video - the animation is superb, very simple, yet extremely complex to pull off and plan - all the frames must first be created and placed within their context on the larger frame.
Must have taken hours - and I stand and clap in awe!