My initial impression of Zero Cents was ‘Get me away from him.’ I am glad to say though, after he had finished his joint, relaxed a little and I had stopped staring at him like I wanted out, things warmed up. Forget Banksy, Zero Cents is the street art phenomenon of the future. Zero Cents: [...]
April 13, 2009
Categories: Demian Smith, Interviews . Tags: avant-garde, banksy, Demian Smith, graffiti, israel, star of david, street art, tel aviv, zero cents . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: Leave a Comment
Raised ‘up North’, AME has a tinge of Mancunian swagger about him, but meeting him on the beachfront of Tel Aviv is not merely a dodgy experience for me. AME is a full time guerrilla artist, making his living from doing street art and selling work to buyers around the world. He has to be [...]
April 1, 2009
Categories: Demian Smith, Interviews . Tags: ame, banksy, Demian Smith, guerilla artist, Interviews, israel, lego, manchester, street art, tel aviv . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: Leave a Comment
Curator-bashing is the art historian’s new favourite sport. Poor Nicolas Bourriaud, curator of the Tate’s fourth Triennial exhibition, Altermodern. The premise of the show is that we have entered a new phase of post-post-modernity called Altermodern. It’s all about globalisation, decentralisation and the artist as traveller. The show has been criticised as ‘the residue of [...]
March 19, 2009
Categories: Lauren Barnes, Reviews . Tags: altermodern, art, contemporary art, franz ackermann, israel, marcus coates, nicolas bourriaud, plover, simon starling, tate, tate britain, tate triennial, walead beshty . Author: eleanorrose . Comments: 2 Comments
