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 going to the cinema
The Winged Turbot is [...]
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
Mark Wallinger’s obsession with animals is to be taken to the largest scale possible as he builds a £2m horse in Ebbsfleet. The thorough-bred British horse will jut out of the new community being built there, looming over the Eurostar and the A2. Wallinger says, ‘There was some very tough competition and I am honoured [...]
March 24, 2009
Categories: Art News, Jo Matthews . Tags: angel of the north, anthony gormley, eurostar, horse, mark wallinger . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: Leave a Comment
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, hippies [...]
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
Anthony Gormley’s commission called One and Other will take the Fourth Plinth in Trafalgar Square in July. It will be occupied by volunteers standing every hour for 100 days! (That’s 2,400 people)
Gormley says that ‘through elevation onto the plinth and removal from common ground, the subjective living body becomes both representation and representative, encouraging consideration [...]
March 19, 2009
Categories: Art News, Jo Matthews . Tags: anthony gormley, being art, contemporary art, fourth plinth, london, one and other, plinth . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: Leave a Comment
