Walking back from a private view the other evening I saw this in the distance which begged a closer look. The Old Building at the London School of Economics is the location beautifully lit up at night. Final Sale is a temporary installation created by the Recycle Group dealing with consumerism in our current global recession, […]
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Traces in the Turbine Hall at Tate Modern
Tate Modern is generally acknowledged to be one of the wonders of contemporary London. I noticed during a recent visit the traces of Doris Salcedo’s Shibolleth piece from 2007 remaining in the floor. At the moment Richard Tuttle‘s installation, I Don’t Know – The Weave of Textile Language fills the space still leaving plenty of […]
Extreme weather – an inspiration
I was stuck in a doorway during a powerful and dramatic storm, moved to photograph the rain and hail downpour for its sheer power and beauty. It lasted for quite a long time and yes, I did wait till it was over before moving on, glad to have caught some of the force on camera.
Art on London’s streets
Just a quickie today of two installations from my photo archive. This interactive piece on Columbia Road was seen over the summer. I twizzled the sections around a bit before taking these pictures. It’s the first one of this type that I’ve noticed so please let me know if you’ve discovered others. This was seen […]
Lego’s celebration of The London Design Festival and Open House
For all young architects, designers, engineers and makers I had to stop when I saw this on popping into John Lewis Oxford Street for something totally unrelated. Click on the names for more on both the London Design Festival and Open House, taking place this weekend. Were there any buildings you didn’t recognise?
Creative interventions
Interventions can be found wherever we look. Here are a couple of examples from my image bank ranging from spontaneous to carefully planned: from the loos at Tate Modern Skating by Magnus Muhr shown in Cut & Paste: 21st Century Collage which is published in September by Laurence King. I’m assured that the fly died of natural causes. […]
