In the first of a series of articles, eminent art zoologist Wil Crisp gives you the facts about the animals of the art world. Illustration by Chris Getliffe. STATS Length: 3ft Wingspan: 7ft Skin colour: sparkly Eye colour: brown Temperament: sublime/disgruntled Star sign: Pisces Turn ons: Baroque art, art theft Turn offs: It doesn’t like [...]
July 8, 2009
Categories: Discussion, Wil Crisp . Tags: animals, anthony gormley, art theft, art zoology, banksy, damien hirst, sterling ruby, winged turbot . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: Leave a Comment
A lot of people were upset when the Photographers Gallery moved from that sweet spot right next to Leicester Square tube and relocated round the back of Oxford Street, but I went there today and it’s not all that bad. The original space was a bit like a bungalow, whereas the new building is splayed [...]
May 10, 2009
Categories: Art News, Discussion, Reviews . Tags: andy warhol, Gerhard Richter, hauser and wirth, painting, photographers gallery, Wolfgang Tillmans . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: Leave a Comment
Just a quick post for all of those who remember when the above sculpture was in the foyer at Brighton Uni’s art block. I found this video clip of proverbial sick man of art, and Pinocchio abuser, Paul McCarthey. Those of you who are familiar with Paul’s work know that his stuff teeters on [...]
May 7, 2009
Categories: Discussion . Tags: art, brighton, bunny, morgan, morgan q, Morgan Quaintance, painting, Paul Mccarthy, Pinocchio, Sick, Writers Block . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: Leave a Comment
It struck me, whilst shuffling around the recent Roni Horn exhibition at Tate modern, that two identical metallic cylinders placed in adjacent rooms are sometimes just two identical metallic cylinders placed in adjacent rooms, and not a subtle sense based intervention. In all honesty much, if not all, of Roni Horns work is what it [...]
May 6, 2009
Categories: Art News, Discussion, Reviews . Tags: 2009 TURNER PRIZE, barbara kruger, Conceptual art, enrico david, lucy skaer, roger hiorns, Roni Horn, Takeshi kitano, TATE MODERN, turner prize 2009 . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: Leave a Comment
Continued… Warning: Real Noise Approaching In 1966 Steve Reich looped a sample of a black youth saying ‘come out to show them’ non-stop for 13 minutes with just a weird phase pattern to keep it interesting. Thirty years after these initial sound experiments all across Europe every weekend there were warehouses full of people spazzing [...]
March 27, 2009
Categories: Discussion, Wil Crisp . Tags: art, Battery Maritime museum, Bjoern Schuelke, catwalks, david byrne, jino Muneteru, londonsoundart, Milan, minimalism, New York, Nicolas Anatol, playing the building, real noise, steve reich, The Rotators, Toko's Studio Depp . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: Leave a Comment
As I’m a fraternal twin, the idea of duplicity has always appealed to me. Happily enough, that happens to be the very theme of this week’s compendium from Wordsmith’s ‘Word of the day’ e-mails. Today’s word is ‘diptych: a work of art hinged on two panels, such as a painting or carving. From Latin diptycha, [...]
March 23, 2009
Categories: Discussion, Lizzie Simner . Tags: coat of arms, diptych, don geyra, double elvis, duplicity, latin, Sotheby's, twins, warhol, wordsmith . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: 3 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
