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| Art | Voo-Doo, Hoochie-Coochie and the Creative Spirit @ Riflemaker Gallery | January 23 2009 |
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The dark arts brought to light | London Informer |
""The Voodoo, who-do-whatyou-don't-dare-to-people!" You might recall the Prodigy lyric – or even Jimi Hendrix's 1968 Voodoo Child – but beyond the pins and pricks of Indiana Jones, what do we really know about Voodoo? A visit to Soho's Rifllemaker Gallery would be a good start for those curious... Helpful Links: Riflemaker Gallery, Leah Gordon
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| Art | Ian Bruce @ Thompson's Gallery | January 16 2009 |
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From dandies to the disabled, Ian's art is in search of personality | London Informer |
"Loads of artists think that tragedy is more sincere than optimism, but I don't feel that way," says painter Ian Bruce. Life, as with us all, has dealt Ian his fair share of blows, but in moments of creativity it is not despair that he turns to. Rather, it is the personality of his subjects, a 'love affair with paint' and an eye for humour which are his current counsellors; aspirations which have evolved from a simple childhood... Helpful Links: Ian Bruce Portraits, Thompson's Gallery |
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| Art | Photography: Wildlife and War | January 2 2009 |
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The Natural History Museum and the Barbican set the standard for 2009 | London Informer |
"Hundreds of thousands have I seen flee thus... I am afraid that hundreds and hundreds of thousands more, who in other countries perhaps are still living comfortable lives, may soon find themselves enduring the same fate." Robert Capa wrote this text when photographing refugees at a transit centre in Barcelona, January 15, 1939. The Spanish Civil War had been raging for three years and in nearby Germany a restless Adolf Hitler was on course to change the live of millions of comfortable families... Helpful Links: The Natural History Museum, Barbican |
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| Art | Byzantine vs Babylon | December 26 2008 |
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Two historical heavyweights go head to head | London Informer |
"How's your history? Casting my mind back to A-Levels, there's some 19th Century British bickering between Gladstone and Disraeli. And thanks to the Life of Brian, we all know what we have the Romans to thank for. But what about the bigger picture?... Helpful Links:Royal Academy, British Museum |
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| Art | Tim Knowles' Nightwalks | December 2008 |
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Contemporary photography from around the world – my entry on behalf of London | Contemporary Annual |
"When I first laid eyes on Tim Knowles's Nightwalk #3 at Art Futures 2008, the annual fair organized by the Contemporary Art Society, it transported me out of London and back to an improbable journey of my own. A drizzle fell in a rainforest of Southeast Asia, and I walked with just a torch, projecting my voice into the night... Helpful Links: Hayward Gallery, Parasol Unit, Tate Britain, Saatchi Gallery |
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| Art | Forget Frieze, here's a look at the best around town. | October 17 2008 |
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Robin Rhode, Charles Avery, Francis Bacon and Saatchi's
Chinese fling. |
London Informer |
"While Warhol is the name on most people's lips, Robin Rhode is the real reason to trip to the Hayward Gallery. Up the spiral staircase from the dense atmosphere of Andy Warhol's quest for immortality... Helpful Links: Hayward Gallery,
www.parasol-unit.org,
Tate Britain, Saatchi Gallery |
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| Art | Art After Dark | September 5 2008 |
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The last in a summer series with Don Letts at the helm | London Informer |
"Fusion cuisine anyone? Mixing flavours in food is long established, but what about in the arts? Theatre; installation; painting – mixed media seems to be today's catchphrase. Yet some, like Paula Naughton and Greg Poole, have been doing it for years. Paula is an artist, Greg is a DJ... Helpful Links: Louise T Blouin Institute , Don Letts |
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| Art | Vinita Agarwal @ The Nehru Centre | July 11 2008 |
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Photography and dance blend in a night of Indian magic. |
London Informer |
"Dancer in the dark. The flash would fire every 20 seconds. The lens of the camera would stay open in between the bursts of light, capturing the traces from the dancer's bangles. Helpful Links: Vinita Agarwal, Nehru Centre |
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| Art | If Hitler Had Been A Hippy How Happy Would We Be @ White Cube Mason's Yard | June 27 2008 |
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The Chapman brothers are back with a vengeance. |
London Informer |
"To have a sense of humour when two years of your hard work burns to the ground is impressive. Yet to turn around after it’s gone and vow to come back with a bigger and better version is admirable. Helpful Links: White Cube |
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| Art | freshfacedandwildeyed08 @ The Photographers' Gallery | June 20 2008 |
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Fresh faced, but old hats. Meet Gavin Fernandes, Sally Verrall, Neil Montier and Jesus Jimenez, four of last year's graduates making this year's headlines. |
London Informer |
"Degree shows are so last year. It may sound disparaging, but it's a fact the Photographers' Gallery will be proudly promoting with its latest show – freshfacedandwildeyed 08. Twenty-five hand-picked photographers from a UK-wide competition... Helpful Links: Photographer's Gallery, Meet Gavin Fernandes, Sally Verrall,Neil Montier, Jesus Jimenez |
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| Art | John Minihan Photography @ The Riverside Studios | May 16 2008 |
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To photograph Samuel Beckett, you have to give to get. |
London Informer |
"Shake a tree and 40 poets fall out,” says photographer John Minihan of his native Ireland. “Yet we’re not so known for our visual culture.” To right the wrong... Helpful Links: John Minihan's site
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| Art | Art Futures 2008 | March 7 2008 |
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Contemporary Art Society's stars-of-tomorrow art fair is a haven for hidden gems. |
London Informer |
"Price tags reading £50million dangle from Damien Hirst's artwork today, but imagine if you'd bought when it sold for under £5,000. Art Futures would have been the place to do it. For 20 years it has consistently exhibited... Helpful Links: Contemporary Art Society
, www.jeffreydennis.co.uk |
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| Art | Photography's finest at the Hackelbury Gallery, The Photographers' Gallery and the ICA. | January 26 2008 |
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Sebastião Salgado, Antoine D'Agata, Peter Hujar plus a few handy tips for the perfect photographic day out. |
London Informer |
"LIGHT, dark and a shade in between. Three fascinating photography exhibitions, from horrific to beatific. It seems a tall order to take them all in, but it's possible and worth it. Sebastião Salgado at Hackelbury Gallery, Launceston Place... Helpful Links: www.photonet.org.uk/ , www.hackelbury.co.uk/ , www.ica.org/ , |
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| Art | Anthony McCall at the Serpentine Gallery. |
January 25 2008 |
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Review of the latest in a string of illuminating exhibitions. |
London Informer |
"LET THERE be light. Anthony McCall, prodigal son of British light art, has returned to bask in the rays at the Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens. He slipped into obscurity in the early 1970s... Helpful Links: www.anthonymccall.com, www.serpentinegallery.org |
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| Art | National Gallery Portrait Photographer of the Year. | January 4 2008 |
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Contemporary Art Society's stars-of-tomorrow art fair is a haven for hidden gems. |
London Informer |
"THE FIFTH annual Photographic Portrait Prize has returned to the National Portrait Gallery in style. The jury's task was to select a shortlist of 60 entrants from 2,700 entries. As a photographer for theLondon Informer I chose six of my personal favourites, and then spoke to the artists to gain an insight into the story behind the images. My selection includes... Helpful Links: www.npg.org.uk/live/photoprize.asp |
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| Art | Photographing the 60 million. | December 7 2007 |
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Pimlico photographer touches down in India for the Kumbh Mela, the biggest human gathering on earth. |
London Informer |
"IMAGINE the entire population of Britain gathered to celebrate an event. We marvel at the atmosphere when close to 100,000 fans gather at Wembley. Now picture 60 million gathered in a holy procession, and you are a step closer to the experience of Lorna Buchanan-Jardine... Helpful Links: www.lornabj.co.uk |
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| Art | Georg Baselitz and Paul Mellon at the Royal Academy | November 30 2007 |
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One man collected art out of love; another created it out of rage. | London Informer |
"SCANDAL and serenity, war and peace – two equally fascinating yet totally different exhibitions are now in full swing at the Royal Academy of Arts... Helpful Links: RA Autumn 2007 Magazine,
Artnet George Baselitz Page , |
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| Art | Guess Who? |
November 24 2007 |
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Student or Pro? Guess your way to the Royal College of Art's postcard jackpot. |
London Informer |
"CAN YOU see which rainbow has a pot of gold at its end? Helpful Links: www.rca.ac.uk, www.tate.org.uk/britain/turnerprize/ |
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| Art | Here's looking at you Kid |
November 2 2007 |
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The Chelsea Youth Centre get snapping |
London Informer |
"HERE'S looking at you kid… At the Chelsea Theatre 10 photographic portraits from the borough's brightest young talents are on display. Under the guidance of professional photographer Anthony Luvera... |
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| Art | The Art of a Good Marriage |
November 2 2007 |
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Royal Academy sweethearts Natsha and Peter Kissell exhibit at The Cello Factory |
London Informer |
"PRETTY in pink? Notting Hill artist Peter Harrap, 32, thought so when he first laid eyes on his future wife, artist Natasha Kissell...
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| Art | Anthony Gormley's Into Blind Light at the Hayward Gallery | August 3 2007 |
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Hot and steamy, but is Gormley's art genius or gimmick? |
London Informer |
"HEAVEN. I have died and gone to heaven. These are the words that flashed through my mind as I stepped into Antony Gormley's extraordinary new sculpture Blind Light... Helpful Links: Antony Gormley's Website, South Bank Centre Gormley Page, Phaidon Page |
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| Art | Chelsea Portraits and the Golden Girls | June 22 2007 |
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Double profile of self-taught artist Morgan Penn at the National Portrait Gallery and two of Goldsmiths University's hottest graduates. |
London Informer |
Helpful Links: www.goldsmiths.ac.uk, www.npg.org.uk, www.morganpenn.com, www.myculturallifemagazine.co.uk |
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| Art | Surrealism at the V&A |
April 6 2007 |
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Bored of The Lobster Telephone? Think you've seen it all before? Check this show out for a different depth. |
London Informer |
"TO SELL out or not to sell out – the question any successful artist must eventually face. And the dilemma at the heart of the brilliant new exhibition at the V&A museum, Surreal Things:
Surrealism and Design... Helpful Links: www.vam.ac.uk ,
www.guardian.co.uk |
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| Art | Gilbert and George interview at the Tate Modern. | March 2 2007 |
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Naughty British duo on sex, art, David Cameron, and why the Tate is a shit-spewing sausage factory. |
London Informer |
"SOLITARY, conservative, pro-monarchists on the one hand; artistically violent homosexuals on the other. What on earth are we to make of infamous London double act Gilbert and George?... Helpful Links: www.tate.org.uk,
www.whitecube.com, www.bbc.co.uk (Radio 3 Interview Transcript) |
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| Art | Anselm Kiefer double exhibition at the Royal Academy and White Cube, Mason's Yard. | February 22 2007 |
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Review of war-torn German artist's twin towers of Jericho. |
London Informer |
"Imagine being born on Victory in Europe Day – if you were a German. on March 8, 1945, that is the fate that befell artist Anselm Kiefer... Helpful Links: Royal Academy , The White Cube |
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| Art | Tino Sehgal at the ICA |
February 19 2007 |
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A room full of kids – what has art become? |
London Informer |
"A ROOM full of screaming, giggling, running, playing children. Could this really be the latest art exhibition at one of London's cutting-edge galleries? Apparently so... Helpful Links: www.artmonthly.co.uk , www.ica.org.uk |
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| Art | MurderMe at the Serpentine Gallery. |
December 8 2006 |
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Damien Hirst – as savvy a collector as he is an artist? |
London Informer |
"WHAT springs to mind when you think of Damien Hirst? Helpful Links: www.whitecube.com, www.serpentinegallery.org , |
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| Art | Marko Maetamm at the Artists' Studio. |
November 24 2006 |
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East meets West thanks to Shezad Dawood's benevolent benefactor. |
London Informer |
"ART LOVERS should be on the look out – there is a cutting edge gallery hiding in your midst. Sandwiched between Sloane Street and Beauchamp Place in Knightsbridge lies a seemingly quiet and residential road.. Helpful Links: www.maetamm.net , www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk |
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| Art | Interview with Ed Ruscha |
April 2005 |
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Working out West, the Venice Biennale and his plans for Jack Kerouac. |
The Insider |
"STANDING in the Louvre in Paris, you might see him yawn. He once referred to painting as an archaic, obsolete form of communication, and even pronounced photography dead to the world of fine art. How then can it be that Ed Ruscha... Helpful Links: www.edruscha.com ,
www.gagosian.com/artists/ed-ruscha , www.labiennale.org/en/e |
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