I admire Peter Marigold’s use of materials as exemplified in his recent Bleed wooden cabinets shown at Sarah Myerscough Gallery. He will be showing “Wooden Tables” at Libby Sellers Gallery this month as well as having a presence at Sarah Myerscough for the London Design Festival. All photos from Sarah Myerscough & Libby Sellers.
Peter Marigold in London this autumn
Inner City Ooz at Display Gallery
Display Gallery, a large space on two levels, opened a few months ago in Holborn and is set to make an impact in the area. I visited on the first day of the current show: Inner City Ooz by brothers Jack & Archy Marshall, also known as Mistr Gone & King Krule. From a visually creative […]
Meet the Manufacturer
As the autumn shows come around, it seemed timely to remind designers and makers of the Meet The Manufacturer event which took place earlier in the year. I worked in fashion textiles in a previous life so was intrigued to see the comprehensive selection of companies based in the UK specialising in different skills. Take, for […]
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. […]
Matisse cut-outs in textiles
It was good to see the wall panels and scarves designed by Matisse for my old boss Zika Ascher on show at Tate Modern this summer. I remember spending days in the basement of his Hampstead home sifting through scarves by, amongst others, Alexander Calder, Henry Moore, Ivon Hitchens and Cecil Beaton. Mr Ascher told […]
Digital Futures at The Barbican
One of my favourite cultural venues in London, the Barbican recently launched Digital Futures, an exhibition of the creative developments in digital technology through the work of artists, filmmakers, architects, designers, musicians and game developers pushing the technology. Some exhibits are interactive such as Together by Universal Everything, encouraging the audience to create short animated loops through […]