Saturday night was the crowd puller with the pirate ship burning down in a dramatic firework display surrounded by flame-throwers and fire lanterns. Grace Jones followed this on the main stage, living up to her Amazonian reputation by opening with “I’m a man eater,”
Entries from July 2008
July 23, 2008
Can nobody see the wood for the trees?
Does someone smell a dissected rat preserved in formaldehyde? Hirst’s conceptual one liner is a tool that he uses to create work with a high selling value. A thin verneer that he uses to hide the real reason he creates art these days.
July 17, 2008
MASH UPS Group Show at the Kowalsky Gallery
© Stuart Semple
A LOVER I DON’T HAVE TO LOVE
Acrylic, Paint marker & Household Gloss on Canvas
179 x 122 x 8 cmNote: all hand paintedNO silkscreen
© Nathan James 2008. Super Duper Oil on Canvas
Stuart Semple has curated a group show aptly named MASH UPS that opened on Tuesday night with The Subliminal Girls playing indie rock [...]
July 14, 2008
Bold Tendencies II – multi story carpark madness
Monumental outdoor sculpture from the Hannah Barry Gallery.
Opening tonight (Monday 14th July- 6-8pm):
14 – 20 JULY, open daily 12noon – 6pm
Level 10 , Peckham Rye Multistorey Car Park, 95A Rye Lane SE15 4ST
Michael Allen, James Balmforth, Tom Barnett, Thomas Brock, James Capper, Nathan Cash
Bobby Dowler, Christopher Green, Oliver Griffin and Henry Stringer, Nicholas Jeffrey
Shaun McDowell, [...]
July 9, 2008
Gay Bingo with an arty twist at the ICA
Guys….
Gay Bingo the East End phenomenon which has been going for three years now (at the T Bar and Old Truman Brewery in Shoreditch) is doing an art influenced session this Saturday at the ICA.
Here’s what they say:
The ICA is delighted to present the underground extravaganza that is Gay Bingo. Hosted by [...]
July 4, 2008
Ernesto Caivano at the White Cube. ‘Echo Gambit’
Ernesto Caivano has mastered the art of the understated. His sketches on canvas or paper are simple white backgrounds with thousands of fine lines etched in minute detail using ink or pencil. This is a guy with a lot of time on his hands.
His large works, taking over three panels, could quite easily be made [...]
