Wednesday, 27 August 2014
Swag
Circus Street Market
From June, a few photographs of the University of Brighton's Architecture Degree Show in the Circus Street Market. The building is really interesting but is due for redevelopment.
My favourite of the show was Allotments of Indigenous Produce from Latin America by Lily Carver
My favourite of the show was Allotments of Indigenous Produce from Latin America by Lily Carver
Tuesday, 26 August 2014
Way Back In May
It has been an extremely busy Summer, here are a few photos from way back in May.
The British Library by Yinka Shonibare was an installation which filled the shelves of the Old Reference Library at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery with colourful books. Each book spine adorned with a different name. The names were of immigrants to Britain who have made a contribution to British culture.
Delaine Le Bas's exhibition Local Name: Unknown Gypsies? was at the Phoenix Gallery.
Tangled Feet performed the physical theatre piece entitled One Million at the Black Rock. One Million represented the approximate one million unemployed aged 18-25.
William Forsythe's Nowhere & Everywhere at the Same Time No.2 was at the Circus Street Market. The installation comprised of hundreds of swinging pendulums which the audience could walk between.
Sound in Motion by Zimoun was at the University of Brighton Gallery and consisted of a series of sound sculptures created from motors, cardboard boxes and ping pong balls.
The British Library by Yinka Shonibare was an installation which filled the shelves of the Old Reference Library at Brighton Museum and Art Gallery with colourful books. Each book spine adorned with a different name. The names were of immigrants to Britain who have made a contribution to British culture.
Delaine Le Bas's exhibition Local Name: Unknown Gypsies? was at the Phoenix Gallery.
Tangled Feet performed the physical theatre piece entitled One Million at the Black Rock. One Million represented the approximate one million unemployed aged 18-25.
William Forsythe's Nowhere & Everywhere at the Same Time No.2 was at the Circus Street Market. The installation comprised of hundreds of swinging pendulums which the audience could walk between.
Sound in Motion by Zimoun was at the University of Brighton Gallery and consisted of a series of sound sculptures created from motors, cardboard boxes and ping pong balls.
Tuesday, 6 May 2014
Pick Me Up 2014
Saturday we went on a jolly to Pick Me Up, the graphic arts fair, at Somerset House. Now in its fifth year at the embankment galleries, the fair showcases work by illustrators, graphic artists and collectives. As always there was lots of beautiful and interesting work to spend some pocket money on.
My favourite artists from the downstairs exhibition Pick Me Up Selects (16 artists selected by a panel) were Thibaud Herem's very detailed drawings of buildings including one of St Pancreas station and Andrew Groves' hand carved wooden spoons.
Two other illustrators, whose work I already loved, Julia Pott and Isabel Greenberg were also exhibiting in Pick Me Up Selects. I think Isabel Greenberg's comics are fab and I am currently midway through her book The Encyclopedia of Early Earth and I ended up buying her comic The Snow Queen too.
Upstairs at the fair, it was work by Skull Paradise and the returning Puck Collective which caught my eye. We also overheard a little bit of the talk by the creators of Rastamouse. They were teaching the audience how to speak like an inhabitant of Mouseland. Wagwan!
It was a bit of an odd experience leaving the Fair, as outside there seemed to be some sort of protest - a never ending line of women reverends walking past the galleries. At the time we did comment that it was the quietest and well mannered protest we had ever seen; we later found out it was a celebration of 20 years of women priests.
My favourite artists from the downstairs exhibition Pick Me Up Selects (16 artists selected by a panel) were Thibaud Herem's very detailed drawings of buildings including one of St Pancreas station and Andrew Groves' hand carved wooden spoons.
Edward Cheverton collage called Choo Choo.
Two other illustrators, whose work I already loved, Julia Pott and Isabel Greenberg were also exhibiting in Pick Me Up Selects. I think Isabel Greenberg's comics are fab and I am currently midway through her book The Encyclopedia of Early Earth and I ended up buying her comic The Snow Queen too.
Isabel Greenberg's The Encyclopedia of Early Earth
Upstairs at the fair, it was work by Skull Paradise and the returning Puck Collective which caught my eye. We also overheard a little bit of the talk by the creators of Rastamouse. They were teaching the audience how to speak like an inhabitant of Mouseland. Wagwan!
It was a bit of an odd experience leaving the Fair, as outside there seemed to be some sort of protest - a never ending line of women reverends walking past the galleries. At the time we did comment that it was the quietest and well mannered protest we had ever seen; we later found out it was a celebration of 20 years of women priests.
Monday, 21 April 2014
Sunday, 26 January 2014
Bookmark
Bookmark design for Doodlers Anonymous showcase. The bookmark had to champion the act of reading and the psychical book.
Thursday, 19 December 2013
Young Adult
Illustrations for Young Adult E.P. by Will Lawford, an acoustic singers/songwriter.
Have a listen to his EP on Soundcloud and follow Will Lawford's music on Facebook and Twitter.
Have a listen to his EP on Soundcloud and follow Will Lawford's music on Facebook and Twitter.
Tuesday, 17 December 2013
The Inner Life of Objects
Just found these photos, which are from an exhibition in October/November at Brighton University Gallery about Jan Svankmajer, the surrealist film maker. The exhibition titled The Inner Life of Objects, showed some of his films accompanied by sets, posters and puppets.
I hadn't seen much of his work before but absolutely loved the exhibition especially Historia Naturae, Punch & Judy and the clips from Alice. I have added the film Alice to my Christmas wishlist!
Thursday, 13 June 2013
Sunday, 12 May 2013
Press and Release and Other Exhibitions
We visited the Press and Release exhibition at Phoenix Gallery. It is an exhibition of artists' book and turned out to be one of the best shows I have seen at Phoenix. It is really worth a visit, the show continues until the 9th June.
Here are few images of the books that caught my eye.
Jonny Hannah
Booklyn Artists Alliance 
Deborah Boardman
These painted boxes by John Bently (below) were also really interesting. Each box has been made to look like a book with a face painted on the front and inside a descriptive note about the person.
We also had a look at The Air Itself One Vast Library by Mariele Neudecker which is at Lighthouse and The Blue Route, a show by Kaarina Kaikkonen at Fabrica (below).
Here are few images of the books that caught my eye.
Jonny Hannah
Booklyn Artists Alliance
Inside shot of the fabric book "Composition"
Borbonesa
Deborah Boardman
My favourite book of the whole exhibition was "The Octopus Would Like To Put A Stop To Us" by Otto Dettmer (below). I love the humorous narrative, the bold colour and how it has been made.
Otto Dettmer
Spread of "The Octopus Would Like To Put A Stop To Us" by Otto Dettmer
Spread of "The Octopus Would Like To Put A Stop To Us" by Otto Dettmer
Otto Dettmer
Otto Dettmer
John Bently
John Bently
John Bently
We also had a look at The Air Itself One Vast Library by Mariele Neudecker which is at Lighthouse and The Blue Route, a show by Kaarina Kaikkonen at Fabrica (below).
Kaarina Kaikkonen
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