Archive for March, 2012
I enjoyed this piece about the River Don in Doncaster, from Caught by the River. A Walk Along The River Don 29 March 2012 // Miscellany pic by Joel Hitchins-Samson The first of a new monthly column by Lisa Samson We ignore the Tesco bags dangling from the brambles and follow the riverside path past […]
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My latest musical discovery… beautiful recordings of old 78s in an empty warehouse…enjoy click here for some more info courtesy of BBC Related articles The Caretaker: An Empty Bliss Beyond This World (Review) (popmatters.com) DOWNLOAD: Free Caretaker Album (thequietus.com) LISTEN: Leyland Kirby/Bill Ryder-Jones (thequietus.com) The Caretaker Gives Away New Album (pitchfork.com) The Caretaker Releases New […]
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Tags: Arts, BBC, Caretaker, Electronica, Gramophone record, James Kirby
m.guardian.co.uk. Every day for the past-two-and-a-half years, an anonymous author has written a story about a place or a person in the East End of London. In 900,000 words, and pictures that tell at least another 900,000, are lovingly drawn portraits of remarkable, ordinary folk, from Maurice Franklin, a 93-year-old wood-turner, to Myra Love, who […]
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Tags: Bishopsgate Institute, British Library, East End of London, gentle Author, Groucho Marx, london, Olympic Delivery Authority, Ronald Blythe, Spitalfields, Spitalfields Life
Upcoming:Karla Black solo show Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow 20 April – 24 June 2012 Karla Black’s work is to be the subject of a solo show at the Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow.Karla Black will present major new sculptures in the grand ground floor of the Gallery of Modern Art’s exhibition space. Black is […]
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Tags: Gallery of Modern Art, Gateshead, scotland, sculpture, Turner Prize, Vaseline, Venice, venice biennale, Wikipedia
Modern Art — Karla Black
Stuart Shave/Modern Art is delighted to announce a solo exhibition of new sculpture by Karla Black. This is the artist’s first solo show with Modern Art. Karla Black’s sculptures are formed from materials that are loose, impermanent and fragile – combinations of various powders, make-up, toiletries, cellophane and polythene, along with more ordinary art-making materials […]
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Tags: Alec Guinness, art, Art history, Gary Oldman, George Smiley, John le Carré, karla, karla black, Material, modern art, Sculptors, sculpture, Solo show (art exhibition), Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Visual Arts
Repair cafés are spreading across the world – SalvoNews.com. Noord-Holland (Amsterdam), Holland – A repair cafe is where to go for advice on mending clothing, furniture, electrical appliances, bicycles, garden tools, computers, dishes and toys. Anything from a broken chair, toaster or even holes in a woollen sweater. Expert volunteers are on hand to help […]
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Tags: Agence France Presse, Amsterdam, france, Holland, Netherlands, new skills while saving many items from ending up in landfill, North Holland, Politics of the Netherlands, San Francisco
ROSE WYLIE 17.03.2012-01.07.2012 Rose’s association with Jerwood is long standing. She was shortlisted for the fourth Jerwood Painting Prize (1997) and went on to be shown in Give and Take at Jerwood Space (2000), and in the Jerwood Drawing Prize (2002). Wylie has most recently been awarded the 2011 Paul Hamyln Prize for Visual Arts. […]
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Tags: Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Foundation, Jerwood Gallery, Jerwood Space, london, ROSE WYLIE, Visual Arts, Wylie transliteration
Symbolism Pysanka Symbolism
This is a wonderful site all about Ukranian Easter Eggs. Follow the link at the end of the post to see wonderful pictures What do all the symbols mean? A great variety of ornamental patterns are found on pysanky. Because of the egg’s fragility, no ancient examples of pysanky have survived. However, similar ornamental patterns […]
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Tags: Carpathian Mountains, Christianity, Dažbog, Easter egg, Perun, Pysanka, Religious symbolism, Ukraine
Mali Morris at Mostyn Llandudno
I really enjoyed seeing the paintings of Mali Morris. The colour in these photos isn’t so good, so use the link above to go straight to Mali Morris’ website. It was good to see her work at Mostyn. Mali is from North Wales originally and now exhibits nationally and internationally. This is the first opportunity […]
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Tags: Africa, Anselm Kiefer, llandudno, Mali, Mali Morris, Morris, mostyn, North Wales, Primo Levi, Wales
