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Thursday, October 16th, 2008Went to the opening of the Saatchi/Channel 4 “New Sensations” exhibition at Brick Lane Tuesday night and was quite taken by shortlisted artist Adele Morse’s Home sweet Home. The installation is very creepy, other worldly, fantastical - blood-stained towels, dirty sleeping blanket in the corner, jarred and dried animals, knives, and heads of animal-woman hanging [...]
Roger Hiorns’ “Seizure”
Wednesday, October 15th, 2008Perhaps if I hadn’t heard so much previous discussion about Roger Hiorns’ Seizure installation (part of Art Angel) that literally transforms a dilapidated and unused council flat in Elephant and Castle I would have been more affected by it. It’s been related to ruins or a mausoleum in recent talks but really it’s an uber [...]
Turning Culture Shock into Cultural Fun
Tuesday, September 23rd, 2008It’s officially official, I am an enrolled student at Goldsmiths. I even have the student ID with bad picture to prove it! Yesterday was the first of what seems to be a long series of preparatory sessions until my lectures begin on October 6. I’ll admit I felt a little old, a more experienced Londoner [...]
The Importance of Not Needing a Crash Helmet
Tuesday, September 16th, 2008I just completed my first review for LA-based “Beautiful Decay” magazine on Sinta Werner’s fantastic debut UK solo exhibition Grey Areas at Nettie Horn. If you haven’t seen it yet, you really do need to march over to Vyner Street before it closes on October 5. Probably the best show I’ve seen in London so [...]
Recession, what recession? Hirst Kills It
Monday, September 15th, 2008Sure the Down Jones plummeted today, Lehman Bros. Holdings Inc. went bankrupt, and Bank of America now owns Merrill Lynch but that didn’t seem to stop the first night of the Hirst Sotheby’s sale to fetch 70,545,100 GBP. It’s astounding. Concept/content aside, it’s such an over-the-top display of wealth on the same day that people [...]
Beautiful Inside My Head Forever
Friday, September 12th, 2008I’m going to preface this post by stating that I actually do like Damien Hirst. Aesthetically I like the objects that he makes with the notable exception of the spinning paintings (ouch). The first time I saw one of his encased dead animal pieces, even as a staunch vegetarian, I was in awe of its [...]
As the Market Turns
Thursday, September 11th, 2008The art market and the art world seem to be more intertwined than ever these days. One seemingly doesn’t seem to exist without the other and whether the market is declared good or bad its influencing powers over art is evident, though not always in the way that we might want it. Even the fact [...]
These Tudors Aren’t on Showtime
Wednesday, September 10th, 2008A few of the things I love about London: rainy days, men in suits, the musical history, sharing a pint with friends on Sundays, the museums, and the ability to indulge my obsession with European history. Being that I grew up in a part of Florida where a Ponce de Leon commemorative statue from 1985 [...]
And Art Season Begins
Sunday, September 7th, 2008It’s September which means the universal opening of the new art season after what should have been a restful August off for art world folks. I know Los Angeles had a difficult time navigating all the openings happening on the same night this weekend (seriously, why does this happen?). London is also marking the beginning [...]
Tate Modern: on Twombly and permanent collection
Thursday, September 4th, 2008Pretty much since I’ve arrived in London I have been saddled with an unbearable cold reminiscent of the 2007 art fair flu in New York which, if you were unfortunate enough witness to that lovely sight you know that this sickness wasn’t very pretty either. However on Tuesday I was finally able to muster up [...]
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