I was wandering the North Laines of Brighton this weekend, and came across something rather unusual. You know how art is rather expensive to buy? Well, apart from that stuff that’s on the streets, but you can’t take that home. Or can you?? Just outside popular watering hole the Mash Tun were propped up some [...]
March 23, 2009
Categories: Art News, Ellie Rose, Rachel Collins . Tags: brighton, free art, mash tun, monkyartyprints, north laines, painting, recession art, stencils, street art . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: 2 Comments
Mention that you’re from/live/work in Brighton and you’ll almost always conjure an enthusiastic response along the lines of ‘….yeh, Brighton…it’s pretty cool there, right?’ For a while, however, all I could see of my hometown was the fake tan and garish commercial sleaze of West Street on the one hand, and, in no franker terms, [...]
March 22, 2009
Categories: Discussion, Lizzie Simner, Rachel Collins . Tags: anish kapoor, anthony gormley, barbara halunicki, brighton, brighton art school, creativity, eley kishimoto, fine art, grand parade, jonathan m woodham, julian macdonald, mark eley, north laines, royals, sculpture, southdowns, the basement, turner prize, white night festival . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: 6 Comments