Cutting (hah!) through Burlington Arcade the other day I saw that paper artist Zoe Bradley’s paper flower chandeliers were still up. Her commission was to celebrate the gorgeous new flooring installed as part of ongoing restoration of the arcade. Jamie Fobert Architects created the traditionally inspired yet contemporary design made up of 64,000 pieces of British stone […]
Places
Triangle Studios – Lucy Steggals
Another artist found at Triangle studios is Lucy Steggals who was donating items from a previous project, Mr Eagle, the evening I visited. Record, an account of something, was a year-long project of events taking place in Kent. The document (part of which is below) was again offered to visitors, recording some of the images […]
This year’s Carbuncle Cup winner from a World Heritage site
Just one photo today: how did this happen? A view of the Walkie Talkie (officially 20 Fenchurch Street), this year’s Carbuncle Cup winner from inside the Tower of London – and who says that we shouldn’t be concerned about London’s skyline?
More from the Whitechapel Open 2015
This is by no means a comprehensive review of the Whitechapel Open, just a selection of some of the work I connected with. “Hypnero – Erotic Dream*”, a smoke painting by Laura Santamaria follows a tradition of the practice (there is even a wikiHow guide on how to do it) Another still from a digital […]
Whitechapel Open 2015
The Whitechapel Open claims to represent the most exuberant and radical art currently existing in London so is always worth a look. I found it as ever quite a mix which is, I’m sure, part of the point. The pure beauty and implicit danger of “It’s All Good Fun” by Ben Woodeson is one of the first […]
Triangle Studios – Adam Dix
Adam Dix hit my radar at the London Art Fair back in January with his unsettling and beautifully coloured paintings. Looking at them made me think of the original Wicker Man film: the adoration and worship of strange totems. In his case the totemism is technology.Studio visits always help to gain some insight into the artist’s working practice which […]