I’d just popped out to get some fruit & veg from my local greengrocer when I came across this: a man being painted to merge in with his background. No it wasn’t the Chinese artist Liu Bolin but a piece by twice world champion of body painting Carolyn Roper using this setting as part of […]
Body painting by Carolyn Roper for Channel 4
Creativity on display at the People’s Climate March in London
An estimated 50,000 people marched through central London on a damp grey day before the beginning of the UN climate summit in Paris and here are some of the ways people chose to illustrate this crucial global issue. Wonderfully mobile animal heads at the beginning of the march at Hyde Park Corner Polar bear topped ice floe by […]
Images from Digging Deeper at Frameless Gallery
Frameless Gallery is a wonderful little space always worth visiting. Curators Julian Page and Joanna Bryant create thought-provoking collections of work which never disappoint so I was delighted to learn that they have planned a regular programme there for the coming year. In the meantime here are a few images from their recent show, Digging Deeper. Stephen Gill’s layered photography contrasted with Peter […]
More from the Korean masters at Tent
Liking the work is not really the point, though I do; it’s the skill demonstrated in the exhibition that is breathtaking. The perfectly constructed paper kites by Oh Jeahwan hanging behind woven paper baskets by Lee Young Soon below are a case in point. Ceramic panels by Lee Seung Hee use the material in a different way […]
Korean masters at Tent: lacquer and Najon
The Korean display is, for me, one of the highlights of Tent due to the dazzling mastery of craftsmanship. This year, the exhibition Constancy & Change in Korean Traditional Craft included a set of wooden lacquered bowls by Park Gang Yong + Jung Sang-gil. Not only are the bowls carved to fit snugly in a […]
Seen during one of my walks on a grey autumn day
I walk past this house on a regular basis and have always been curious about the layout as it’s not a standard shape. I’m none the wiser as to the inside but was delighted to see that the owners had decorated the front door for some unknown (to the passerby at least) occasion. The hydrangeas are […]